Moriae Encomium Praise of Folly
First edition, Belgian issue; illustrated as plate II of AR
36 grants for 1935.
First edition, Belgian issue; illustrated as plate II of AR
One of only 2 copies extant (the other is now at the Huntingdon Library) 3 leaves lacking, supplied in facsimile. Presented by WA Marsden, illustrated at plate IIb in AR
Presented by the proprietors of The Times
Presented by Messrs Soames Edwards and Jones together with a file from 1861 - 1869 presented by the Governors of the Peoples Palace
Presented together with General Report of the Record Commissioners 1837 and 2 mss vols of surveys of the coasts round England by Mackensie and Spence 1812, by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
10 vols together with 7 v ols of Supplemental Nights; presented by Miss ME Carr
Lent for 5 years by L McCormick-Goodhart. Illustrated as plate VII of AR. In 1945 this was converted to an outright gift to mark VE Day. Add MS 46132, ff.1, 21
Folio Bible presented by W Colmer
Presented by Sir George Hill together with 6 other early printed books in fine bindings
Earliest printed account of Abyssinia; illustrated as plate IV in AR
Presented with Heathers Charts of the English Channel (1797) and Smiths English Atlas (1808) by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
Includes a Bull of Innocent III, the earliest record of the foundation of the Priory. Add MS 43972; illustrated as plate III of AR
Records of the Cistercian Abbey of Gruchet-le-Valasse. Presented by LC Loyd
Presented together with 2 other works, listed in AR, by the Patent Office Library
Type specimen book, illustrated at plate X of AR
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
3 letters purchased one further presented by Lt Gen Sir Gerald F Ellison, now all Add MS 44061
Presented by WH Fleeming
Presented by Lord Moyne together with Letter to Lord Inchiquin on the Reduction of Cahir and Cashel to Speaker, 1647; Afternoon Readings on Literature and Art, 1866; The Publick Newes, 1641; The Ar
Presented with two other books (listed in AR) by Mrs EV Hemming
Presented together with Richmonds Maritime and Mercantile Tables of Shipping, 1833 by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
Presented by the Elder Brethren of Trinity House
Collection of moral tales first published in French in 1556. Only one other perfect copy known. Presented by Sir Leicester Harmsworth
9 vols presented by Rev Spencer A Woolward
Baskerville 8vo edition, presented by Alexander Hellewell
Includes Loudons holograph diary 1762-63 written during his command of the British army in Portugal. Add MSS 44063-84.
Compiled by a German monk, in its original chained binding of beech boards covered with doe skin; presented by ES Lamplough together with a volume of notes for a sermon in the hand of Philip Henry,
3 vols presented by Rev Spencer Woolward
Copied from John Ogilbys Britannia, 1675, the first road atlas of England and Wales. Presented by ES Lamplough; illustrated as plate VI b in AR. Add MS 44087
Presented by Lord Moyne
3 vols 2 of which are a Graingerized copy of Cromeks Reliques of Robert Burns, including 70 prints and portraits of Burns interest.
First edition presented by RA Hellewell
Presented by BP Scattergood. Copy also given to National Central Library
Presented by R A Hellewell
Extract from 1935 FNL Annual Report:
Presented by Sir George Hill