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Presented by WH Fleeming

Presented by Messrs Soames Edwards and Jones together with a file from 1861 - 1869 presented by the Governors of the Peoples Palace

Extract from 1935  FNL Annual Report:

First edition presented by RA Hellewell

Presented together with Richmonds Maritime and Mercantile Tables of Shipping, 1833 by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House

Fine copies of 2 extremely rare early works on surgery; 1 st 8vo, 2nd Folio of over 900 pages with portrait & many woodcuts. Illustrated as plate IIIa of AR

3 English bindings of the early restoration period, in the sombre style, blind tooled with black edges; other 2 books were Eikon Basilikon of 1649 and a Bible & Psalter of 1660; illustrated as plate II of AR

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

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

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