18 grants for 1948.
Includes Martin Luthers In Esa 1534, John Calvin Sermons 1583, Hugh Latimer 7 Sermons 1571; 23 of Bunyans works including a first edition of Hearts ease in hearts trouble; a first edition of Thomas Shepards Sound Beleever - one of the few books to be translated into American Indian; 6 works by John Owen, 14 works by Richard Baxter.
Only 1 other copy known; presented by Arthur Gimson with Songs in the new Opera calld the Island Princess, c.1700
1 of 75 copies; presented by Simon Nowell-Smith
This volume comprises about half of all the letters written by Charles I from his prison on the Isle of Wight, mostly concerning his attempts to escape
Only 2 other copies known; no earlier collection of Irish melodies then known and only 1 Scottish. Purchased with a collection of 7 early printed books. Illustrated as plate II of AR
Presented by FF Madan together with a 3rd edition of Congreves Love for Love, 6th edition of Popes Rape of the Lock, first Dublin edition of Johnsonss Lives of the Poets, 5th edition of Johnsons Dictionary and the first American edition of 1818; first Dublin edition of Boswells Life of Johnson; 4th edition of the Journal of the Tour to the Hebri
Printed by Benedictus Genuenis. 50 given by Arthur Gimson
Bought with 7 other early printed books
Presented with Lilium grammatice Magistri Wilhelmi Weert c.1500 by Albert Ehrman
The only copy known; bought with 7 other early printed books
First Latin translation of the late Alexandrian attempt to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics; bought with 7 other early printed books
Printed in Venice; early Italian version of the popular medieval legend of Barlaam and Josaphat; bought with 7 other early printed books
Hitherto unrecorded; bought with 7 other early printed books
Only 2 other copies known of this important collection; bought with 7 early printed books and the Aria di Camera in this year
Miniature calligraphic manuscript, 54 pages of fine vellum with gold borders, 3 illuminated pages; original black morocco binding with silver clasps. Illustrated as plate V of AR
12th century satirical poem: an animal epic referred to in Chaucers Nuns Priests Tale. Bought with 7 other early printed books
Presented with A Literal Extension-Translation of the Doomsday Book in Relation to the Counties of Leicester and Rutland, 1864 by Miss C Tryon
Kelmscott Press edition in the original boards; bequeathed by Miss EM Colman to the Friends