The latest in an occasionally-regular series exploring books and other items selected from our vast collections. In this entry Librarian Antony Ramm looks at a collection of materials illuminating a late 18th century election in Yorkshire… Our previous entry in this series looked at a slim 18th century volume of Yorkshire topography. In this current article we remain in the…
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The Chimney Corner: Secret Books from the Secret Library #6
The sixth in a newly-regular series exploring books and other items selected from our vast collections. In this entry Librarian Antony Ramm looks at an intriguing work of natural history from the late-18th century… This is an interesting volume, one whose full title according to our catalogue entry is The Natural History of the Frog…
The Chimney Corner: Secret Books From The Secret Library #1
by Antony Ramm, Local and Family History, Central Library In a new series, we’ll be taking an occasional look at individual items from our Collections. The title, if not the exact intention, of this series – The Chimney Corner – has been taken from a charming volume published by this Library Service in the 1920s and 30s: “a…
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