See listing under British Library - one of 4 sets given to BL, NLS Bodley and University of Cambridge
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Item date: 1829-1898
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Bodleian Library
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
Item date: 1881
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Library of Wales
Town/City: Aberystwyth
County: Ceredigion
3 vols, presented by Lord Kenyon
Item date: 1537
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Presented by Arthur Gimson to replace a copy lost to enemy action during the war
Item date: 1485
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Printed by the first press in Brittany; first 14 leaves supplied in photocopy from the Bibliotheque Nationale. Presented by Albert Ehrman
Item date: 1601
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: 125
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Has been attributed to Nicholas Breton and Gervase Markham; only 2 other copies known
Item date: 1548
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: 160
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Remarkable for the fragments of early 16th century books found in the binding, many hitherto unknown, comprising Gringore: Castle of Labour 1510; Richard Pynson: The Breuyate and shorte Tragycall hystorie of the fayre Custance; The History of the Excellent Knight Generides; Erasmus: Epistle to Ch
Item date: 1896
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: Bequeathed
Institution: University of London
Town/City: London
Kelmscott Press edition in the original boards; bequeathed by Miss EM Colman to the Friends
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 75
Institution: Evangelical Library
Town/City: London
Includes Martin Luthers In Esa 1534, John Calvin Sermons 1583, Hugh Latimer 7 Sermons 1571; 23 of Bunyans works including a first edition of Hearts ease in hearts trouble; a first edition of Thomas Shepards Sound Beleever - one of the few books to be translated into American Indian; 6 works by Jo
Item date: 1661
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 50
Institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London
Miniature calligraphic manuscript, 54 pages of fine vellum with gold borders, 3 illuminated pages; original black morocco binding with silver clasps. Illustrated as plate V of AR
Item date: 1700
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Only 1 other copy known; presented by Arthur Gimson with Songs in the new Opera calld the Island Princess, c.1700