13 of the volumes were not previously in BL. Presented by Miss AR Wilson of Ongar
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 19th century
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Item date: 1758
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: 40
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Bound by Richard Montague for Thomas Hollis in gold-tooled green morocco with doublures of mottled calf. No other example of these bindings, which Hollis had put on books he presented to foreign libraries, is known in Britain. 40 was given by Arthur Gimson towards the purchase of the book
Item date: 1619
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Presented by Arthur Gimson
Item date: 1556
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Text complete, lacking folding plate and two leaves at end. Presented by John R Hetherington
Item date: 1516/17
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: 200
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Only copyof this edition known and the earliest version then recorded. Printed by P Olivier at Rouen in Gothic Letter with numerous woodcut decorations in the text and musical notation with a red 4-line stave
Item date: 1621
Date acquired: 1960
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Presented by TS Blakeney. Not in Cottons own hand. Add MS 50198
Item date: 1630
Date acquired: 1959
Grant Value: 20
Institution: Durham Cathedral
Town/City: Durham
Embroidered binding including the Arms of Durham Cathedral.
Item date: 1815
Date acquired: 1959
Grant Value: 100
Institution: Liverpool Public Libraries
Town/City: Liverpool
County: Merseyside
Original edition 33 plates bound in contemporary Spanish calf. Delteil 224-56
Item date: 19th century
Date acquired: 1959
Grant Value: 100
Institution: Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Town/City: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
10 volumes containing detailed pedigrees and notes on the principal families of Shropshire. They supplement the papers of George Morris, Josephs brother acquired by the library some years earlier
Item date: 1678
Date acquired: 1959
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: St Andrews University
Town/City: St Andrews
County: Fife
Presented by WL Wood. Steele no. 2441