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Item date: 1341-1791
Date acquired: 1950
Grant Value: 150
Institution: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Town/City: Manchester
County: Lancashire

English nuns who took over estates in Belgium, fled from thence at the time of the French Revolution. This is a comprehensive set of their estate records 8 14th century volumes, 16 from 15th century, 69 16th century, 36 17th century, 8 18th century to 1791

Author: Sir Thomas More
Item date: 1529
Date acquired: 1950
Grant Value: 50
Institution: John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Town/City: Manchester
County: Lancashire

The rarer of the two 1529 editions

Author: Richard Crashaw
Item date: 1643
Date acquired: 1950
Grant Value: 100
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire

Only piece of English prose in Crashaws hand then known to exist. Informs recipient that Cs relationship with Mary Collet has been broken off. Illustrated as plate IV of AR

Author: Andreas Vesalius
Item date: 1555
Date acquired: 1950
Grant Value: 15
Institution: Science Museum
Town/City: London

Second edition, printed at Basle

Author: Horatio Nelson
Item date: 1805
Date acquired: 1950
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Maritime Museum
Town/City: London

This copy of the order was sent to Captain Brown of the Ajax, serial number 10, signed by Nelson and his secretary John Scott. Presented by Commander L McCormick-Goodhart

Item date: 1325
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: 500
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Total price paid is for 12 manuscripts and 83 printed books.

Author: Johann Fust and Peter Schoeffer (Printers)
Item date: 1459
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: 500
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Total price is for 12 manuscripts described separately and 83 early printed books, highlights of which include Speculum humanae saluationis (AR plate VI) Utrecht 1470; the hitherto unrecorded Prenosticata anni MCCCCLXXIX; the Caxton printing Propositio ad Carolum ducem Burgundiae 1468; Wynkyn de

Author: Lewis Carroll
Item date: 1865
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: 285
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Very rare first supressed edition with a letter inserted written by Carroll to Tom Taylor, Alices father, speculating on possible titles for the book, including the one finally chosen. Illustrated as plate I of AR

Item date: 1491
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Printed by Simon Vostre Paris. Lacking first 8 leaves, otherwise fine. Presented by Arthur Gimson with Diego Ufanos Tratado dela Artilleria 1617

Author: Alexander de Tartaguis
Item date: 1479
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: 40
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

40 given by Arthur Gimson