A military plan of Palghat fort, Malabar illustrating its capture in 1783 by Colonel William Fullarton and the Corps of Hanoverians from the Poligars of the southern peninsula. The author served with distinction in the engagement
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Commences with the marriage treaty between Charles VIII and Anne de Bretagne 1491; the bulk of the volume are Acts of Francis I 1518-1543. Presented by TS Blakeney, Add MS 50866
A very early C text of the poem, written in a good vernacular gothic book hand, initial capitals in gold, rubrication in red. Bound in 19thcentury red morocco. Illustrated as Plate 1 of AR
Presented by John Ehrman together with Nathaniel Bisbie: Unity of Priesthood Necessary to the Unity of the Communion in a Church, 1692
Bound with Judiciarius ordo by the same author, also printed at Paris by the Printer of Ockam, 1476. The latter printer was not previously represented in BL collections. A good large copy with unusual fore-edge title in gold on purple and with two gold illuminated incipit initials
This collection is arranged alphabetically and covers the letters A - F only. It contains letters from many literary figures of the day and love letters from his future wife Anna Francesca Stratford. Presented by TS Blakeney. Add MSS 52285, 52286
Key was author of The Star Spangled Banner. Presented by L. McCormick-Goodhart. Add MS 51020, f 43
A n autograph fair copy of a sonnet of lament for the vanished liberties of the Genoese republic Genova bella, a cui laltiera voce. Presented by Simon Nowell-Smith. Add MS 51020G
3 quarto volumes. Manuscript also contains drafts of reviews and articles some of which, like Joseph Conrad appeared in The Common Reader. Add MSS 51044-51046. Illustrated as plate I of AR
Includes Queen Elizabeths Letters Patent authorising the Cadiz expedition. H P Kraus gave 350 of the total grant