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The Madresfield Hours : a fourteenth-century manuscript in the library of Earl Beauchamp

Backhouse, Janet; Beauchamp, William Lygon earl (1903-); Roxburghe Club

1975

Described by Janet Backhouse.

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Ballads & broadsides : chiefly of the Elizabethan period and printed in black-letter, most of which were formerly in the Heber collection and are now in the library at Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire

Collmann, Herbert L (1930); Christie-Miller family; Heber, Richard (1773-1833); Roxburghe Club

1912

"Dedicated and presented to the president and members of the Roxburghe Club by... Syndey Richardson Christie-Miller."

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Sir Thomas Smith's misgovernment of the Virginia Company

Ferrar, Nicholas (1592-1637); Ransome, David Robert; Roxburghe Club

1990

"For presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club".

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The Benedictional of Saint Æthelwold, Bishop of Winchester, 963-984 : Reproduced in facsimile from the manuscript in the library of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth

Warner, Sir George F (1845-1936); Wilson, Henry Austin (1854-1927); Catholic Church; Roxburghe Club

1910

Liturgical texts in Latin; editorial matter in English.

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The mirroure of the worlde : MS Bodley 283 (England c. 1470-1480) : the physical composition, decoration and illustration

Scott, Kathleen L; Roxburghe Club

1980

Facsims of selected pages from MS Bodley 283, chosen for their decorative interest: plate leaves i-xxi. Includes bibliographical references.

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The history of Oliver of Castile : reprinted from the unique copy of Wynkyn de Worde's edition of 1518, preserved in the library at Britwell Court

Watson, Henry (fl. 1500-1518); Graves, Robert Edmund; Roxburghe Club

1898

Presented to the Roxburghe club by Wakefield Christie-Miller. Listed as no. 136 in the Club's list of publications. Tail-pieces : initials. Tr. from the French by Henry Watson, apprentice to Wyn...

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The will of Aethelgifu : a tenth century Anglo-Saxon manuscript

Aethelgifu; Whitelock, Dorothy (1901-1982); Ker, N R (1908-1982); Rennell, Francis James Rennell Rodd Baron (1895-); Roxburghe Club

1968

Quarter leather. Includes a facsimile of the will.

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The Sobieski Hours : a manuscript in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle

Spencer, Eleanor Patterson; Master of the Bedford Book of hours; Catholic Church; Roxburghe Club

c1977

"Dedicated and presented to the President and members of the Roxburghe Club by Robin Mackworth-Young." Includes reproductions of all miniatures of the ms., by 3 illuminators identified as the Bedfor...

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John Scottowe's alphabet books

Scottowe, John (1607); Backhouse, Janet; Roxburghe Club; British Library

1974

Reprint of the entire Harleian Ms. 3885 in the British Library and parts of Wing Ms. 7 (ZW.545.S431) in Newberry Library, Chicago. Introduction and commentary by Janet Backhouse.

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A dialoge or confabulation between two travellers : which treateth of civile and pollitike gouvernement in dyvers kingdomes & contries

Spelman, William (fl. 1560-1580); Pickering, John Edward Latton; Roxburghe Club

1896

Presented to the Roxburghe Club by Victor W. B. Van de Weyer. Listed as no. 128 in the Club's Catalogue of Books, 1898.

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The Pageants of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick : reproduced in facsimile from the Cottonian ms. Julius E. IV, in the British museum

Rous, John (1411?-1491); Carysfort, William Proby earl of (1836-1909); Roxburghe Club; British Museum

1908

"A series of drawings representing scenes or 'pagents' in the life of the earl... As to the origin of the manuscript ... there has been a persistent tradition that its author was John Rous ... there i...

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