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1976
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Illustrated German broadsides of the seventeenth century
THE seventeenth century was the great age of the illustrated broadside in Germany, where its suitability as an instrument of propaganda was exploited to the full. Engravings, varying in quality from crude to excellent, with images sometimes simple and direct, sometimes of the complex symbolism which is a Baroque commonplace,...Paisey, D. L.
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1976
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The French Revolution collections in the British Library
IN 1899 there was printed 'by order of the Trustees of the British Museum' a small edition of a modest guide entitled List of the contents of the three collections of books, pamphlets and journals in the British Museum relating to the French Revolution. Its compiler was G. K. Fortescue,...Brodhurst, Audrey C.
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1976
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Correspondence from The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of St. Andrews
Correspondence from The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of St. Andrews.Watson, J. Steven
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1976
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What became of Magna Carta?
THE loan of one of the British Library's two exemplars of King John's Magna Carta to the United States to mark the bicentenary of their independence is an historic event in itself, clearly deserving a commemorative note of some kind in this Journal. But what kind? The loan has, however,...Borrie, Michael
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1976
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The guest papers, Add.Mss.57934-57941
MONTAGUE JOHN GUEST (1839-1909), Liberal M.P. for Youghal 1869-74, and for Wareham 1880-5, presented his papers to the British Museum in 1906; they were transferred to the Department of Manuscripts from the Department of Prints and Drawings in 1973. Guest was the third son of Sir Josiah John Guest, Bart.,...Smith, Robert A. H.
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1976
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Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman and the Werkmaniana in the British Library
THE city of Groningen, capital of the Dutch province of the same name, lies in the far north-east corner of the country, separated from its main cultural centres by the IJsselmeer and being reached, before the advent of air travel, only by a long journey by road or rail. Before...Simoni, Anna E. C.
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1976
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Patrick Cary and his Italian poems
INVESTIGATION of the provenance of a seventeenth-century music manuscript recently acquired from Richard Macnutt led into some unexpected by-ways of literature and history, both English and Italian. At first sight, apart from a fine binding, there is little to distinguish this manuscript from other collections of contemporary Italian music. It...Willetts, Pamela
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1976
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Caxton in the British Library
IN 1877 the four hundredth anniversary of the establishment of the first printing press in England was celebrated with, among other things, a staggering exhibition in the National Art Library, South Kensington (now the Library of the Victoria and Albert Museum). Inspired by William Blades, a practical printer, whose biography...Nixon, Howard M.
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1977
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The Codex Sinaiticus
THE Codex Sinaiticus of the Greek Bible, even though it has lost over 300 leaves, is still the earliest complete New Testament, and is the earliest and best witness for some of the books of the Old Testament. It was written in the first half of the fourth century, when...Pattie, T. S.
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1977
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Italian City and regional statutes 1473-1600, in the British Library
WITH the purchase in September 1974 of the printed statutes of Bologna, a book which was completed shortly after 28 February 1475, the British Library increases its holdings of the products of the first press in Bologna, that of Baldassare Azzoguidi, from fourteen to fifteen out of a total of...Rhodes, Dennis E.