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Painted by an Italian artist; presented by TS Blakeney together with a collection of about 100 literary and political autographs of 19th and 20th centuries. Add MSS 49458, 49520

One of three known copies. Part of a collection of 130 books including 60 incunables, 14 books printed by Wynkyn de Worde, a large number of 16th and 17th century books of which no other copy is recorded and 8 bindings of exceptional quality.

Gives proof that the Newspaper tax of 1712 was being evaded through a loophole in the law governing the quantity of paper used

First edition, very scarce with imprint of Vincent Sartenas

Undated edition not previously in BL collection. Purchased with 20 donated by A Gimson

Presented by A Gimson

Manuscript of 170 leaves written in double column with four large illuminated initials. No other missal of a Tironian house is known to exist. Illustrated as frontispiece in AR

Incomplete, wanting title and a number of other leaves, but only copy known to contain cancelled leaves O7-8. Presented by FS Ferguson

Sir Eric Miller gave 250 of the FONL grant. This exquisite example of fine italic script was bought with 3 other calligraphic manuscripts: J Ragona De artificiali memoria 1465; a miscellany of grammatical tracts, c.1480 and M Gualterius De re militari, late 15th century.

Extra illustrated. Inscribed by Jane and Isabella Bewick to William Mackey 1871. Presented by RW Hale.