• Detail of illuminated initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of puzzle initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of historiated initial 'C'(onstitui), made of branches, set in a landscape with birds., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Detail of heraldry., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Evangelist portrait of Mark, with his symbol, the lion, above., Four Gospels, with list of lections (ff. 168v-177)

with the printed 'Ex Bibliotheca Renessiana No' inscribed '1' (inside upper cover), Thomas Rodd the younger (b. 1796, d. 1849), London bookseller, bought in January 1836 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis

• Decorated initial 'S'(uscipe) in Nigel de Longchamps's Speculum stultorum., Speculum stultorum (ff. 1-66v), imperfect, and other works including a life of Eustace; Catalogus Eruditi beati Thomae

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', ff. 1, 11, marginal inscription with

• null, Pharsalia

J. G. Alexander and A. C. de la Mare, ~The Italian Manuscripts in the Library of Major J. R. Abbey~ (London: Faber, 1969), p. 98 n. 4).Mario Maffei (b. 1463, d. 1537) of Volterra: with the usual erased 'De figli

• Puzzle initial 'P'(ostea) with pen-flourishing, at the beginning of book 4 of Diodorus Siculus's Bibliotheca historiarum., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'M'., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'C'(um)., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial 'S'., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Puzzle initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Cadels and puzzle initial., Bibliotheca historiarum, in the translation of Poggio Bracciolini

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Decorated initial., Selected treatises, including De situ et origine Pruthenorum, De Livonia, and Epistola ad Philippum Mariam Angelum de Vicecomitibus de bello Thurcorum et Hungarorum

and politician.Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1; its book-plate with the

• Miniature of Fortune with her wheel, surrounded by supplicants., Les Fais et les Dis des Romains et de autres gens (index Memorabilia, index Facta et Dicta Memorabilia), replacement folio

1487): his arms (in vol. 1: Harley 4372, f. 12).Charles Davis (bap. 1693, d. 1755), bookseller, an apprentice to the London bookseller Nathaniel Noel: sold to the Harleys on 24 January 1722/3 (see ~Diary~ 1966; Wright 1972 where a mistake