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
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Item date: 1548
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: 160
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: 1883
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
1 of 75 copies; presented by Simon Nowell-Smith
Item date: 1684
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Presented with A Literal Extension-Translation of the Doomsday Book in Relation to the Counties of Leicester and Rutland, 1864 by Miss C Tryon
Item date: 1609
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Printed at Douai, a translation from the Italian of the Latin original by Raymundus de Vineis. Presented by Arthur Gimson
Item date: 1702
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
A hitherto unrecorded English version of the Lunae Theoria, presented by Arthur Gimson
Item date: 1662
Date acquired: 1949
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
9th edition, presented by FF Madan, together with a Dublin edition of Burkes Reflections on the Revolution 1790, the second edition of Scotts Waverley 1814, Jeremy Taylors Rule and Exercise of Holy Living, 4th edition 1654, 2nd edition of Rule and Exercise of Holy Dying, 1652 and a Dublin edition