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illumination of books and manuscripts2
alphabets1
bibliography - periodicals1
cartographers1
commonplace books1
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english literature1
hebrew imprints1
illumination of books and manuscripts, english1
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British Library21
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana8
Bridget, of Sweden, Saint, Approximately 1303-13738
Collijn, Isak (1875-1949)8
Kungliga Biblioteket (Sweden)8
Roxburghe Club5
Alfred King of England (849-899)1
Backhouse, Janet1
Bodleian Library1
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Bibliotheca manuscripta Lansdowniana : a catalogue of the entire collection of manuscripts, on paper and vellum, of the late most noble William marquis of Lansdowne... which will be sold by auction by Leigh and S. Sotheby ... [etc.]

Lansdowne, William Petty Marquis of (1737-1805); British Library. Department of Manuscripts; British Library

[1807]

This collection was bought by the British museum in 1807, and a catalogue printed in 1819.

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Illustrations of the book of Genesis : being a complete reproduction in facsimile of the manuscript British Museum, Egerton, 1894

James, M R (1862-1936); Roxburghe Club; British Library

1921

"Letterpress at the Oxford University Press. Plates by Emery Walker, Limited."

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Lives of Lady Anne Clifford Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery (1590-1676) and of her parents : summarized by herself

Clifford, Lady Anne (1590-1676); Zouche, Darea Curzon Baroness (1860-1917); Gilson, J P (1868-1929); Roxburghe Club; British Library

1916

Presented to the Club by Darea Baroness Zouche in memory of her brother, the late Robert Nathaniel Cecil George Curzon (Lord Zouche).

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The Holkham Bible picture book

Hassall, W O (1912-); British Library

1954

The facsim. is reproduced from the 14th century Anglo-Norman ms. in the British Museum (MS. Add. 47680). "100 numbered copies... specially bound in full red niger morocco and signed by Dr. W.O. Hass...

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The maps and text of the Boke of idrography presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII, now in the British Library

Rotz, Jean; Henry king of England (1491-1547); Wallis, Helen; British Library

1981

Bibliography: p. [84]-87.

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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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The voyage of Sir Nicholas Carewe to the Emperor Charles V in the year 1529

Wall, Thomas (1504-1536); Knecht, R J; Roxburghe Club; British Library

1959

Edited from the British Museum MS. (Egerton 3315). Listed as no. 225 in the Catalogue of the books presented to and printed by the club. Includes: Roxburghe Club, list of members 1812-1958, and ca...

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The buke of John Maundeuill : being the travels of Sir John Mandeville, knight, 1322-1356: a hitherto unpublished English version, from the unique copy (Egerton ms. 1982) in the British museum

Mandeville, Sir John; Warner, Sir George F (1845-1936); Jean d'Outremeuse (1338-1399); British Library; British Library; Roxburghe Club

1889

French original ascribed to Jean d'Outremeuse; a compilation from earlier travels.

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The pastoral care : King Alfred's translation of St. Gregory's Regula pastoralis. Ms. Hatton 20 in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, Ms. Cotton Tiberius B.XI in the British Museum, Ms. Anhang 19 in the Landesbibliothek at Kassel

Gregory, Pope (540-604); Alfred King of England (849-899); Ker, N R (1908-1982); Landesbibliothek Kassel; British Library; Bodleian Library

1956

Bibliography: page [29].

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The Winchester anthology : a facsimile of British Library Additional manuscript 60577

Wilson, Edward (1940-); Fenlon, Iain; British Library

1981

Bibliography: pages vi.

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Hebrew incunables in the British Isles : a preliminary census

Goldstein, David (1933-); British Library

c1985

Limited ed. of 350 copies.

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Acta et processus canonizacionis beate Birgitte : efter cod. A14 Holm., cod. Ottob. lat. 90 o. cod. Harl. 612, med inledning, person- och ortregister (pt.1)

Collijn, Isak (1875-1949); Kungliga Biblioteket (Sweden); Biblioteca apostolica vaticana; British Library

1924-31

Issued in 10 parts. Part 10 forms the introduction and is meant to be bound before Part 1.

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