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Used to record details of each binding produced personally by Cobden Sanderson including buyers name and price obtained in the important period before the Doves Bindery was established. Mr & Mrs A Ehrman gave 50 10s and Arthur Gimson 25 towards the purchase

137 pages written in a beautiful charter hand in red, green and black ink, of immense importance for the economic and religious historian. Add MS 48978. Presented by Mr & Mrs A Ehrman. Illustrated as plate I of AR

Subscription and signature are autograph, text throws light on negotiations for an alliance between England and France against Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Arthur Gimson donated 40 of the total purchase price. Add MS 48988, f 40

James Unwin was Gainsboroughs attorney; the letters give a charmingly intimate picture of the artists life at Bath. Add MS 48964. Presented by Sir Eric Miller. Illustrated as plate II of AR

Letters from authors whom Blakeney had approached for permission to reprint at his small private press, often revealing much of the authors attitude to his work. Add MS 48979, 48980

Only known impression of the first printed map of the Isle of Wight, perhaps an early proof. Illustrated as plate III of AR

Second edition. No other copy recorded, 2 uncoloured and 50 coloured plates

Rare second edition, only one other copy then known, at The Huntington Library

Fine copy with woodcut portrait of King Henry III

Only copy then known in Britain or Portugal