Grants awarded in 1964

Bennett was steward of Lord Arundell of Wardour; the book refers to the Arundell property in Wiltshire and Bennetts draft will. Presented by TS Blakeney

Presented by Arthur Gimson. Only three other copies recorded

126 leaves complete in a modern binding by Douglas Cockerell. Contains two prayers addressed to Richard Scrope, the Archbishop of York executed in 1405 by King Henry IV and popularly venerated as a saint at York, which are unique to this manuscript

Fine example of a mosaic binding of white calf elaborately decorated with inlays of red blue green and citron morocco. Tooled doublures of red morocco and blue silk endpapers by Jacques-Antoine Derome the Elder. Illustrated as colour frontispiece of AR

Spielmann was editor of The Magazine of Art. Collection contains 52 letters from Ford Madox Brown, 80 from Watts, 13 from Holman Hunt, 103 from Frith and 21 from William Michael Rossetti

4 leaves from the same Book of Hours, illuminated in the tradition of Niccolo di Bologna, were already in the possession of BL, donated by Professor Francis Wormald in 1943. New leaves contain 6 major miniatures and many three-quarter decorative borders with large twisted leaves and gold roundels. Illustrated as plate I of AR. Add MS 52639

Quarto edition, one other copy known. This copy is a variant which includes the so-called Black Rubric at the end of the Communion Service

Contains 72 fine drawings of North Wales with views of cathedrals, churches and castles, bound in contemporary russia, gilt

Printed by Paulus Manutius son of Aldus, at Venice. Bound in a leaf of a late medieval religious musical manuscript. Presented by WL Wood

In a letter to Danby December 2nd 1688, Compton described the escape of Princess Anne to Nottingham

Merchant trading voyages to India via Grand Canary, to Oporto and to Jamaica via Madeira with much interesting detail of local conditions

Contains the entire mass of notes made for the novel together with the first typescript, heavily corrected and annotated. Add MSS 52774, 52775

10 vellum pages, coat of arms emblazoned in full colour; a fine example of a legal document of the Holy Roman Empire. Presented by WL Wood

Rare edition, two other copies only recorded in the UK; presented by Arthur Gimson

Acquired with 600 other books, the majority 17th century English drama. As well as the first of The White Devil, Webster is represented by firsts of The Devils law-case, and Appius and Virginia, plus first, second and third editions of The Duchess of Malfy [sic].