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Presented by Group-Captain Arthur B Burdett with a 1695 edition of Camden's Britannia

Written as a tribute to Wilfrid Meynell's two daughters Sylvia and Monica, contains stanzas omitted from published version. With 2 letters to Wilfrid Meynell about the poem

Contains the only known copy of the Commonitorium, a project by Louis Ellies du Pin for the union of the Anglican and Gallican churches; other letters mention the activities of the Old Pretender in Paris

Mostly a fair copy with a number of unimportant variations from printed texts, but also containing marginal notes in Stanley's hand indicating his sources for borrowed conceits and turns of phrase. Add . MS 7514

Binding made to the order of J & J Leighton by Messrs Elkington after a design by Luke Limner. Binding contains a circular metal plaque set in relief showing a proclamation of the Exhibition with names of inventors and practitioners in the useful arts. Presented by A Ehrman

Presented by Professor LC Martin

Collection contains 860 single plays plus 480 bound volumes, including 37 Shakespeare quartos. The 1600 edition of The Merchant of Venice has notes by both Lewis Theobald and George Steevens, the 18th century editors of Shakespeare and their hand writing can be seen in some of the other plays.

Published anonymously, one of Bridges scarcest books. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, gilt preserving the original wrappers. Presented by Simon Nowell-Smith

Presented by Sir Stanley Unwin with various numbers of other early newspapers, The Star and The Mirror of the Times 1797 - 1806

Very scarce. Presented by Stephen K Jones