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Both men farmed at Jaggards in the parish of Corsham. Meticulous farming and housekeeping accounts with details of all building work carried out on the estate, plus some personal and family memoranda

Drawn up by the Town Surveyor, these plans were rejected, perhaps because of the catholicty of the design - there are gothic, byzantine, italianate and regency features

Second edition of the Latin text, printed at Rome by Sweynheym and Pannartz. Has extensive marginalia in a fine humanist hand , chiefly place names

The section from 1557 to 1575 appears to have been written from contemporary knowledge. The author may have lived in Edinburgh and been a minor official at Court

Gunner was a childhood friend who made contact again late in life. The letters reveal much of Larkins political opinions. The collection also includes 31 letters and 22 carbon copies of letters from Gunner to Larkin. 250 of the grant was paid out of the Philip Larkin fund

The collection of papers includes two volumes of letters from the Duke of Wellington written during the Peninsula campaign (Cotton was the leader of his cavalry force).

Early prototype Book of Hours, excessively rare.

Official papers of Wodehouses fifty years service in government, together with a five volume journal of particular interest for events during the Gladstone ministry 1868 - 74.

Montagu and Walpole first met at Eton and shared many tastes, this most significant collection of letters is remarkable for its literary quality and joie de vivre.

The bulk of the collection is connected with the legal and business affairs of John Ludford and William Priest in the mid 18th century