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This is a coherent group of medieval charters from the parishes of Morton and Fiskerton.

These manuscripts complement the family archives of the Willughbys, Barons Middleton of Wollaton Hall, and particularly to Francis Willughby (1635-72) and John Ray (1627-1705).

In 1927, the new diocese of Guildford was carved out of the huge diocese of Winchester. The competition for the design of the new cathedral was won by Sir Edward Maufe. Work began in 1936 and was finally completed in the mid 1960s.

This collection of 35 letters by Bentham had been assumed to be lost. Leicester Stanhope was one of his closest friends and most trusted collaborators during the last decade of Bentham's life.

This document records the appointment of William Hogarth as Sergeant-Painter to George III in 1757. It has a engraved border with a royal portrait and an ornate initial letter.

This is the poet's own three-volume set of the first edition of his poems, with ownership signature and in its original paper boards.

This collection of Romantic literature comprises some 1,400 books by writers of the Romantic period (1750-1850) including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats and Shelley. It contains many rarities, both first editions and books in their original boards.

This is the earliest surviving mathematical book in English. It consists of 144 unnumbered leaves and contains 11 woodcut illustrations of the counters used to help with calculations. It is the only known complete copy of the 1537 edition. Eight succeeding editions have survived.

The Slade Bindery comprised Roger Powell (1896-1989), Peter Waters (1939-2005) and the calligrapher Sheila Waters (b. 1929). The Guard Book contains 174 pages of book cover designs, tooling patterns, leather and marbled paper samples, illustrations and original art works.

James Scott was a minor Scottish portrait painter, born c. 1802, who arrived in London with a letter of introduction from Sir Walter Scott to Sir Thomas Lawrence.