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The mostly typed letters, written to an admirer in response to his questions about Rebecca, are a good source of information on the characters and topography of Daphne du Maurier's most famous novel.

Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) was Clarenceux King of Arms, an office he claimed to have acquired 'in jest' when he resigned it in 1725. The Grant, signed by Anstis and Vanbrugh, is calligraphically written and finely illuminated.

Paul Nash (1889-1946) spent more time and care on his illustrations of Sir Thomas Browne's famous work, first published in 1658, than on any other of his book projects. The present copy, no.

A volume of autograph contemporary copies of letters by Andrew Lumisden, antiquary and Secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, for the year 1763.

A previously unrecorded drawing for the south and west elevations of the Court House. Robert Adam was Kinross County's MP 1768-74; the Court House was the major public building in his constituency, and he paid for the improvements in the south and west elevations himself.

An inscribed presentation copy of the second edition, containing Wordsworth's preface and a cancel rectifying the omission of fifteen lines of Wordsworth's 'Michael' from the book. Only eight copies of the second edition with the cancel are known to exist.

A rare book by the journalist Michael Fry describing his experiences in Germany up to 1934. It contains an analysis of Nazism, the role of Hitler, and observations on 'The Jewish Question' and concentration camps.

(1) A portrait drawing of the Exeter builder-architect James Stowey, signed 'C[harles] Coffin Nepos delt. Exeter Sept.

A notebook containing an incomplete scheme for the natural classification of vascular plants by John Hope, Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden and Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Edinburgh.

A rare and important publication drawing attention to the close ties between the women's dress reform movements in Germany and Scotland. It is a significant addition the Museum's holdings on these movements.