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Item date: 1596
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Large vellum document, apparently without royal assent as no seal or sign-manual appears; presented by TS Blakeney with a leaf from an Antiphoner c.1400 and the private correspondence of Warren Hastings with connexions of his family. Add Charter 74952

Author: Christopher Schmid
Item date: 1861
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Attractive example of a decorative publishers binding, presented by Miss EM Petheram

Author: Anon
Item date: 1797
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Presented with 5 other early childrens books: A Little Pretty Pocket Book, c.1800; The Holiday Present 1803; Mrs Friendlys Method of Improving her Little Visitors, 1804; The Daisy 1807; The Queen of Flowers, 1840, by Mrs A Elmhirst

Author: Anon
Item date: 1883-1890
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Presented by Dr EJ Dingwall with LEcho de lau-dela et dici-bas 1879 - 1900 and Mitteilungen des wissenschaftlichen Vereins fur Okkultismus in Wien 1899 - 1901, three scarce periodicals dealing with magic and the occult

Author: Richard Bentley (Publisher)
Item date: 1829-1898
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

Four sets of this unique record of a 19th century publishing business were presented by Mrs Bentley. Only 50 copies were printed, they detail all the firms publications apart from the years 1891, 93, 95 and 96 which were never printed

Author: Richard Bentley (Publisher)
Item date: 1829-1898
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh

Four sets of this unique record of a 19th century publishing business were presented by Mrs Bentley. Only 50 copies were printed; they detail all the firms publications apart from the years 1891, 93, 95 and 96 which were never printed

Author: Richard Bentley (Publisher)
Item date: 1829-1898
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Bodleian Libraries
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire

See listing under British Library - one of 4 sets given to BL, NLS Bodley and University of Cambridge

Author: Richard Bentley (Publisher)
Item date: 1829-1898
Date acquired: 1951
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire

One of 4 sets given to BL, NLS, Bodley and Cambridge. See full details in entry for BL

Author: Anon
Item date: 1717-22
Date acquired: 1952
Grant Value: 50
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

12 volumes. A complete set of the first English translation

Author: Jane Austen
Item date: 1813
Date acquired: 1970
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London

First edition in contemporary half calf with all the half titles