Presented together with Richmonds Maritime and Mercantile Tables of Shipping, 1833 by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1850
Date acquired: 1935
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Port of London Authority
Town/City: London
Item date: 1564, 1575
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: 175
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: 1680
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: 7 17s 6d
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: After 1670
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
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: 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: 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: 1766
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
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
Item date: 1663
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
le Neve was Clarenceux King of Arms; presented by Theodore Besterman. Add Charter 71076
Item date: 1769
Date acquired: 1936
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Foulis Press 24mo edition, presented with 8 other books, mostly Dublin editions of collected plays of Dryden, Congreve Rowe & others, by RA Hellewell