An extremely rare account of the campaign of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V against the corsair Khair al-Din, better known as Banbarossa, written throughout in clumsy ottava rima.
Ben Jonsons copy extensively annotated in more than 200 places
The earliest book in a collection of 842 volumes on colour.
This copy of the order was sent to Captain Brown of the Ajax, serial number 10, signed by Nelson and his secretary John Scott. Presented by Commander L McCormick-Goodhart
Reputedly coloured by Daniell himself. This is the first listed book in a collection of 319 books of topography and travel collected by Mason over 40 years.
Jonathan Ridsdale, Acquisitions Librarian, writes: This large folio contains 40 heliogravures, including 10 enhanced with watercolour, and 20 pages of specific informati
Inscribed by the author. Presented by Miss Annie Gilbert
The original 16-folio manuscript of Handel’s vocal trio, Se tu non lasci Amore, HWV 201a, scored for two sopranos, bass and continuo, and written in July 1708 shortly after Handel’s arriva
The gift of a group of Conan Doyle enthusiastis in America together with the Sherlock Holmes Society of London to mark the centenary of CD's birth in 1959. Illustrated as plate I of AR.
Written on vellum, the greater part of Europe is shown, including the British Isles and North Africa; fully illuminated and decorated with flags, coats of arms, pictures of towns and cities and the
Bruce Castle Museum is a 16th century manor house in Tottenham, formerly known as Lordship House, which now houses the museum and archives for the London Borough of Haringey.
Part of the bequest of Miss Coulson James, together with 3 other works of Italian literature