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80 printed volumes of Davies poetry together with a bound volume of autograph fair copies of 15 poems some of them apparently unpublished, submitted to James Guthrie for publication by the Pear Tree Press.

Sketches in pen and brown ink, with occasional wash; several drawings are clearly trial poses and compositions, but roughly twice as many are for subjects pictures, often no more than the rough outline of a body.

Written when Barnes was 16 years old, an attempt at epic written on the back of two almanacs for the years 1813 and 14.

Groups of polemics on aspects of Franciscan order and social attitudes and behaviour. Bound in a contemporary blind-stamped binding by Wynkyn de Wordes binder. STC 17971.3

Many of the documents illustrate both the preparations and the course of the Civil War.

Just over 250 letters written during the last 30 years of Landseers life to his friend and patron William Wells of Redleaf, Kent.

Translation into Latin of the Scottish mathematicians Astronomique discours, printed probably at Geneva by Jean de Tournes. One other copy known in the UK, at the library of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich

The only work printed by Giacomo Ruffinelli at Perugia, and the only known edition of Rastellis contribution to the reform of the outdated Julian Calendar, which by the 16th century was 10 days in arrears

Manorial rentals for the manor of Hollingrove in Brightling dated c.1440 and c.1550 and a bundle of court rolls of Lord Dacres manors of Herstmonceux, Gotham, Oldcourt, Buckholt and Berwick 1660 - 1671

As well as the manorial deeds and rental books in this collection there are three court rolls for the special court known as the Hethewarmoot for 1422 - 1481.