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The scrapbook titled 'Collections of Sussex' contains 343 prints (five of which are coloured), 21 sketches (including two watercolours), and 28 maps and plans. These cover the whole of Sussex. It is a useful summary of images of local views in the days before photography. It was completed to a high standard in two volumes bound in vellum, with marbled endpapers. It includes a watercolour of Arundel Castle by either James Lambert the elder (1725-1788) or his nephew James Lambert (1741-1799) who operated in Lewes in the late 18th century, and whose work is represented in our holdings.

Dr Hugh Maguire, Director, The Dr Williams’s Trust, writes: These three folio volumes form a welcome addition to the library collections, complementing as they do the existing holdings and the Trust’s aspirations for the future growth and refinement of its richly diver

Celine Luppo McDaid, Hyde Director and Curator, writes:   We are most grateful to FNL for the grant that enabled us to acquire The Convict’s Address.  The pamphlet is well known amongst Johnsonians, and has great relevance beyond, in

Sam Johnston, Service Manager for Archives and Records writes:  In June 2022 Dorset History Centre (DHC) was able to acquire the original architectu

A manuscript survey by G(eorge)? Ingham of the Dorset held Estates of Henry Lord Arundell, 8th Baron Arundell of Wardour. Although a Wiltshire-based family, the Lords Arundell owned substantial lands in the adjacent county of Dorset. Henry Arundell was an avid collector of art, and he accumulated enormous debts due to his ambitious building plans for New Wardour Castle, Wiltshire, and his unrestrained purchases of art to fill it.

A collection of 535 documents, which provides a fine case study in the accumulation of a close-knit family’s estate in and around Macclesfield, and their various exchanges of property, given added value by the significant roles which members of that family played in the public and commercial life of the town. The Brocklehurst family were extremely influential in the Macclesfield area, socially, culturally, politically and in terms of their position in the silk industry.

Liam Sims, Rare Books Specialist, writes:   Daniel Waterland was the most influential early 18th-century teacher of divinity in the University of Cambridge and the most significant defender of the doctrine of the Trinity, masterminding attacks on Clarke and later Sir I

Peepal Tree Press is an independent company based in Leeds and is the world’s leading publisher of Caribbean and Black British writing. Since its foundation in 1985, Peepal Tree has published well over 300 titles. Although operating on an international stage, Peepal Tree Press is a significant contributor to the cultural life and industry of Leeds and West Yorkshire.

The Hours of Louis Quarré is a lavishly illustrated manuscript, probably created in Ghent towards the end of the 15th century. By the time the manuscript was acquired by Francis Douce in 1832 (and bequeathed to the Bodleian by him in 1834), several of its full-page miniatures had been removed. The Bodleian does not routinely seek to acquire single leaves and miniatures, but in this case it recognised the value of reuniting the miniatures with the original volume.

Francesca Galligan, Assistant Librarian, Rare Books, writes:  A generous grant from FNL has allowed us to acquire an