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11 pattern-shop order books in unbroken sequence 1840 to 1926, containing detailed descriptions of a wide variety of machinery tools and domestic appliances manufactured by the company with the names of their customers

Deeds and poll tax assessments with 58 letters b etween family members 1658 - 1665

Includes a roll of depostions taken in 1635 in which witnesses were asked 34 questions about the demolition of Grafton Manor House and the use of the materials in building Stoke Park House for Sir Francis Crane

A unique copy of the edition of 1531, embellished with fine woodcuts and initials in the style of Hans Weiditz. Bound with Luthers sermons on Genesis in the first edition

Second edition, published at The Hague. Contains an account of the education of children in France, a matter of particular concern to Locke. The library also acquired Fontenelles Entretiens sur la pluralit des mondes, 1686, H& L 1151

First German edition, translated by Luthers enemy Hieronymus Emser, printed at Dresden by Wolfgang Stokel

Heavily annotated by the antiquary William Stukeley both on maps and plates and in the margins, noting local finds of Roman coins etc in Lincolnshire. Illustrated in AR at item 4

A most important collection of papers, spanning Haigs entire military career, from exercise books used at Staff College to the personal diary he kept throughout the First World War.

Published by the authors at Shelsley, Kew Gardens and bound by Gilbert Redgrave in brown morocco, stamped in blind with an elaborate border and centre panel showing a bird in each corner and a wreath of flowers in the centre. Presented by CER Clarabut

190 leaves with 6 magnificent full page miniatures together with a large Beatus initial occupying a whole page. The paintings appear to show the influence of Matthew Paris and the school of St Albans Abbey