[DOC] [TLE] Royal manuscripts, British Library - Wikipedia [PAR] The Royal manuscripts are one of the "closed collections" of the British Library, 
consisting of some 2,000 manuscripts collected by the sovereigns of England in 
the "Old Royal Library" and given to the British Museum by George II in 1757. ... 
Many older manuscripts were presented to monarchs as gifts; perhaps the most... [DOC] [TLE] British Museum - General history [PAR] In 1757 King George II donated the 'Old Royal Library' of the sovereigns of 
England and with it the privilege of copyright receipt. The British Museum opened 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Royal Manuscripts - The British Library Catalogue of Illuminated ... [PAR] In 1757 George II presented to the nation the collection of nearly 2000 ... The 
royal donation was housed in the newly founded British Museum and now is ... 
from George IV (known as the King's collection), and the current royal library at ... 
The Royal collection of manuscripts grew considerably under the first Tudor kings
,... [DOC] [TLE] George III Collection: the King's Library - British Library [PAR] At the heart of the British Library in London, a tall glass tower - the King's Library 
... collections of the Enlightenment, containing books printed mainly in Britain, ... 
When George III came to the throne in 1760, there was no substantial royal 
library. ... being finally presented to the new British Museum by King George II in 
1757. [DOC] [TLE] History of the British Library: King George III Collection [PAR] Adding to this King George III collection was donated by the Crown. ... "When 
George III came to the throne in 1760, there was no substantial royal library. ... 
before being finally presented to the new British Museum by King George II in 
1757. ... early in his reign to form a new library, one worthy of an 18th-century 
monarch. [DOC] [TLE] History of the British Library [PAR] A donation was given to the library from the Royal book collection of King ... The 
so-called Old Royal Library had been moved out of St James's Palace in 1708, 
before being finally presented to the new British Museum by King George II in 
1757. ... classical literature, British and European history, English and Italian 
literature... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 6 | THE OLD CHARGES [PAR] In 1390, the young French King Charles VI (1368-1422) was showing his first 
signs of dementia; ... shelved within the Royal Library of King George II  who 
donated it, in 1757, to the British Museum, to form the beginnings of the British 
Library. ... Modern transcription from medieval English. ..... For the honor of my 
royalty,. [DOC] [TLE] The Romance of Alexander - main text - Quaternio Verlag Luzern [PAR] London, The British Library, MS Royal 20 B XX ... In the sixteenth century the 
manuscript was in the Old Royal Library, which was the property of the English 
kings. ... In 1757 King George II donated the Old Royal Library to the British 
Museum. [DOC] [TLE] Genius of Illumination | Gallery | History Extra [PAR] King Edgar and Christ in Majesty, The New Minster Charter, Winchester, 966 ... of 
Medieval Kings, is based in part on the 'Old Royal Library'  the book and 
manuscript collection gathered by English monarchs from Edward IV until George 
II. In 1757, George donated the library to the British Museum (the collection went 
on... [DOC] [TLE] Royal English bookbindings in the British Museum: Howard Millar ... [PAR] Royal English bookbindings in the British Museum [Howard Millar / British 
Museum. ... donation of the Old Royal Library to.the British Museum in 1757 by 
George II ... Some monarch were keen book collectors and had there books well 
bound, ... The earliest binding is for Henry VIII by the so called King Henry 's 
binder on a... [DOC] [TLE] THE LIBRARY OF GEORGE III: COLLECTING FOR CROWN OR ... [PAR] library and describes how it ended up as part of the British Museum, ... 3 Grayson 
Ditchfield, George III: An Essay in Monarchy (London, Palgrave ... The Republic

Question: This king donated the "Royal Library" of the English kings to the British Museum in 1757
Answer: George II