Presented together with Koopss maps of the river Maese & Scheldt, plus surveys of China Seas (1807-21) & 1 other work by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
Dr Helen Kemp, Plume Librarian, writes: The Trustees and Staff of Thomas Plume’s Library
Presented by Miss GEF Morgan together with Thomas Vaughans Magica Adamica, 1650
Published by the authors at Shelsley, Kew Gardens and bound by Gilbert Redgrave in brown morocco, stamped in blind with an elaborate border and centre panel showing a bird in each corner and a wrea
Both men farmed at Jaggards in the parish of Corsham.
Contains 72 fine drawings of North Wales with views of cathedrals, churches and castles, bound in contemporary russia, gilt
The manuscripts of Reading Abbey were widely dispersed following the Dissolution, and such as have survived have gradually found their way into numerous libraries and archives scattered across the
Ms Liz Bregazzi writes: Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, (1778-1854) was a British soldier and politician, and half-brother to Lord Castlereagh.
The library of Florence Court was in the main collected by William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-86), an enthusiastic amateur scientist.
The Royal Society contains a fine library of early scientific books and manuscripts.
A bound volume of Letters received by Curzon whilst in England between his two periods as Viceroy of India. Correspondents include Lord Ampthill and Francis Younghusband.
The earliest map is the work of John Walker senior and his son for Thomas Mildmay, dated to about 1600.