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14 pages of notes relating to chemical studies taken from the works of Basilius Valentinus; bought by Viscount Wakefield and presented to BL. Add MS 44888; illustrated at plate IV of AR. Add MS 44888

Presented by Dr P Gosse

Presented by Mrs F Churchill and Dr I Churchill, illustrated as plate IX of AR

Presented with 2 other 18th century plays by RA Hellewell.

Presented by Miss Coulson James

Foulis Press 24mo edition, presented with 8 other books, mostly Dublin editions of collected plays of Dryden, Congreve Rowe & others, by RA Hellewell

le Neve was Clarenceux King of Arms; presented by Theodore Besterman. Add Charter 71076

9 letters from the Duchesse du Maine 1 of which is to Voltaire; Fanny Comtesse de Beauharnais to Voltaire; Helvetius to Voltaire, Mme du Chatelet to A Pope on the Essay on Man. Add MS 44936; presented by LCG Clarke

Unusual publishers device on title page appearing to show English royal arms, although the book was published in Paris. Only copy known. Presented by EP Goldschmidt

The only violin chap book known and the earliest printed book to have reference to the violin proper. Illustrated title page shows a man playing the instrument (plate IIIb). Presented by Edward Heron-Allen