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Beck's Leamington Guide Book

This guide book, described as 'an historical and descriptive account of [Leamington and] the neighbourhood', was published in 1852. It contains information and images about places of interest in the town. ...

Bible

A hard backed Bible with a black cover used at the Leamington Spa Borough Police Court. There is an embossed inscription on the front, 1880.

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 - blank leaf following Old Testament front page, owners' notes

Births and deaths recorded in a Bible of Shakespeare's time. Family notes recording the birth of a son to Edward Lumley in 1695, and the death of Mary, the wife of a later owner, Robert Mason, in 1780 ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - [?18th century] plate, illustration inserted p.67

A disobedient servant in Shakespeare's England. Every Elizabethan home employed servants to assist with the daily tasks of housekeeping. Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - St Matthew, chapter 1, p. 5A1v.

The Christmas story: a source for Shakespeare. The Christmas story as recounted by St. Matthew in his gospel was familiar to Shakespeare who refers to this ‘holy’ time of year in his play ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - binding view

A family Bible from Shakespeare's time, in a repaired later binding. Many of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, especially devout Protestants would have owned a so-called ‘Geneva’ edition ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - notes on verso of front flyleaf .

An owner’s family notes in their Bible from Shakespeare's time. This Bible has notes by a number of former owners whose signatures appear on the title-page. On the flyleaf a late Victorian owner ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - title page of New Testament.

The New Testament provided sources for Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s plays show a familiarity with the text of the ‘Geneva’ edition of the Bible, and many Elizabethan homes would have ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - title page.

The Bible in English: known by Shakespeare. The Shakespeare family, like all their Elizabethan contemporaries were required by law to attend their parish church for worship every Sunday. At Holy Trinity ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - Book of Common Prayer, p.3A1r.

The Book of Common Prayer : The church services known to Shakespeare. Most printed copies of the ‘Geneva’ Bible from Queen Elizabeth’s time are bound with The Book of Common Prayer ...

Bible. English. The Bible translated, 1576 (Geneva version) - Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 45, p.Aa2v.

Psalms in the church service Shakespeare knew. The text for the Psalm known as the ‘Venite’, was regularly sung by Shakespeare's contemporaries at Morning Prayer each week. See:1 Henry ...

Book

A Maltese book of the Acts of the Apostles, 1871.

Book

A paper-back book, from China, with a blue cover. The book is written in Chinese script and features a lot of coloured prints. It is a Chinese polychrome woodblock printed book and is one of a set of ...

Book - French Costume

A hard-backed book containing many coloured plates of different types of French costume throughout the ages, 1864.

Bradshaw's Railway Companion

This book is Bradshaw's Railway Companion. It contains train times and fares from Kenilworth and Leamington Spa to London via Coventry and Rugby. The book was issued in August 1845.

British Fresh-water Fish

A hard backed book containing coloured plates and descriptions of British fresh-water fish. It also contains engravings of river scenes, 1879.

British Game Birds and Wildfowl

A hard-backed book containing coloured plates and descriptions of British game birds and wildfowl.

CANCER - Its Control and Prevention

A hardback book with an orange cover, entitled CANCER/Its Control and Prevention by John F Hall-Edwards. The book was published in Birmingham in 1926.