Good copy of the rare second version of these poems and orations in honour of Michaelangelo, with a description of the pageant prepared in his honour
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1564
Date acquired: 1945
Grant Value: 25 10s
Institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London
Item date: 1783
Date acquired: 1944
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Exeter Central Library
Town/City: Exeter
County: Devon
11 vols bound in vellum. Presented with 5 vol set of Ovicd, 1825, by Rev George Wheeler
Item date: 1684
Date acquired: 1946
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Presented by Rev F Conquest Clare
Item date: 1852
Date acquired: 1946
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Canterbury Cathedral Archives & Library
Town/City: Canterbury
County: Kent
9 vols, bound with Arms of the Chapter; presented by Rev F Conquest Clare
Date acquired: 1947
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Winchester Cathedral
Town/City: Winchester
County: Hampshire
12th century stamped leather binding executed at St Swithins Priory, one of only 3 such bindings known. Presented by C W Dyson Perrins
Item date: 1852-1921
Date acquired: 1947
Grant Value: Presented
Institution: Norwich Castle Museum
Town/City: Norwich
County: Norfolk
Presented by DAJ Buxton
Item date: 1648
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 200
Institution: Royal Library, Windsor Castle
Town/City: Windsor
County: Berkshire
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
Item date: 1506
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 137 15s
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
12th century satirical poem: an animal epic referred to in Chaucers Nuns Priests Tale. Bought with 7 other early printed books
Item date: 1514
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 137 15s
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Bought with 7 other early printed books
Item date: 1517
Date acquired: 1948
Grant Value: 137 15s
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
First Latin translation of the late Alexandrian attempt to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics; bought with 7 other early printed books