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
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1766
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Item date: 1515
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: late 16th century
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: 1913
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
The only surviving literary MS of WH White, presented by his son, Sir William Hale White; Add MS 44891; illustrated as plate V of AR
Item date: 1819-83
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: National Gallery, Library
Town/City: London
15 vols presented by EK Waterhouse
Item date: 1850-1925
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: 150
Institution: Imperial College London
Town/City: London
321 6s 10d raised through special donations to FNL; thousands of important letters: (173 Darwin to Huxley, 430 Huxley to Hooker etc) Listed vey fully in AR; illustrated as plates VI and VII in AR
Item date: 1830
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Newcastle University
Town/City: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
County: Tyne and Wear
Printed at Alnwick; presented by HD Ziman
Item date: 1844-9
Date acquired: 1937
Grant Value: 50
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Illustrated as plates VIa and VIb
Item date: 1823-7
Date acquired: 1937
Grant Value: 22 10s
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
3 vols & supplement 2nd vol with inscription by author
Item date: 1564
Date acquired: 1937
Grant Value: 80
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
A very rare map engraved at Venice, lacking title as do most other copies known