Only 1 other copy known; presented by Arthur Gimson with Songs in the new Opera calld the Island Princess, c.1700
Search FNL grants since 1931
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
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
Kelmscott Press edition in the original boards; bequeathed by Miss EM Colman to the Friends
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
Has been attributed to Nicholas Breton and Gervase Markham; only 2 other copies known
Printed by the first press in Brittany; first 14 leaves supplied in photocopy from the Bibliotheque Nationale. Presented by Albert Ehrman
Presented by Arthur Gimson to replace a copy lost to enemy action during the war
Printed at Douai, a translation from the Italian of the Latin original by Raymundus de Vineis. Presented by Arthur Gimson
A hitherto unrecorded English version of the Lunae Theoria, presented by Arthur Gimson