Excerpt from Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Antiquaries of London, on March 10, 1887 8. Every Fellow who shall borrow any book out of the Library shall be responsible to the Society for its safety and good condition from the time of its leaving the apartments of the Society till it shall be returned by him; and, in case of loss or damage, he shall replace the same or make it good, or, if required by the Council, shall furnish another copy of the entire work of which it may be part. 9. No manuscript, nor any drawing, nor any part of the Society's collections of prints or rubbings shall be lent out of the Library without the authority of the Council, or, during the summer vacation, without the authority of the Library Committee. 10. The Library Committee shall prepare, and may from time to time add to or alter, a List of such works as shall not be lent out of the Library on account of their rarity, value, or peculiar liability to damage, or on account of their being works of reference often needed by Fellows personally using the Library; and a copy of such List for the time being shall be kept in the Library. 11. No book shall be lent out until one month after the acquisition of it for the Library; and books acquired during the summer vacation, if lent out, shall be returned one week at least before the meetings of the Society shall be resumed, in order to be laid before the Society. 12. Persons not being Fellows of the Society may be admitted for a period not exceeding one week to consult printed books and manuscripts not of a private nature in the Society's Library for any special purpose, on being introduced by a Fellow either personally or by letter. 13. No book shall be lent to any person not being a Fellow of the Society without a special order of the Council. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.