A catalogue of the printed books, manuscripts, autograph letters, etc.,

The collection was sold by Thomas E. Kirby at the American art galleries, Feb. 17-19, 1913. The sale relized $200,502.50

The Director, a weekly literary journal: containing I. Essays, on subjects of literature, the fine arts and manners. II. Bibliographana. Account of rare and curious books and of the book sales in this country, from the close of the seventeenth century. III. Royal institution. Analyses of the lectures delivered weekly. IV. British Gallery. Description of the principal pictures exhibited ... v. 1-2: Jan. 24-July 4, 1807.

"The biographical part was written by Mr. Dibdin."--Lowndes, The bibliographer's manual of English literature.

The Earls of Kildare and their books at the end of the Middle Ages

The two surviving inventories of the library of the Fitzgerald Earls of Kildare bear witness to a particularly large and diverse collection of books in the Earls' castle at Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Between them, the lists record well over one hundred separate items in four languages: Latin, French, English and Irish. This paper traces the history of the library and analyses the Fitzgeralds' particular interests as book collectors and as readers. It provides the first full published set of suggested identifications and bibliographical details for the books at Maynooth. It also includes a fresh transcription of the library lists and a discussion of the manuscript context in which they are preserved. Sources like the Kildare library lists provide valuable evidence for the potential circulation of a wide range of non-native manuscripts and prints in late-medieval Ireland.

Guide to the manuscripts, autographs, charters, seals, illuminations and bindings exhibited in the Department of Manuscripts and in the Grenville library.

Edited by George F. Warner, keeper of mss.

A guide to the autograph letters, manuscripts, original charters, and royal, baronial, and ecclesiastical seals exhibited in the Department of manuscripts and in the King's library.

Edited by Sir E. M. Thompson, keeper of mss.

First editions and association copies of American, English and continental literature; science; calligraphy; music; color plates and sporting books; autograph letters ... etc.

335 items; priced.

First editions, rare books, autographs.

410 items; priced.

The miscellaneous works of Venerable Bede, in the original Latin, collated with the manuscripts, and various printed editions, accompanied by a new English translation of the historical works, and a life of the author.

Part of text in Latin and English on opposite pages.