Pearl ; [and], Cleanness ; [and], Patience ; [and], Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Everyman's university library ; no. 1346)

Literature & Fiction

British Library

Poetry

Dutton

Mandevilles Travels from the French, Part 1 (Early English Series, Vol 153)

Mandeville, John

JEAN

History

Kraus Intl Pubns

The British Library Diary 2014 is illustrated with illuminated manuscripts originally from the Old Royal Library given to the nation by George II in 1757 and now preserved in the British Library. These manucripts contain paintings produced by some of the finest artists of the Middle Ages. They reveal the artistry of the finest books produced between the eighth and sixteenth centuries. A week-to-view and illustrated in full colour throughout, with a ribbon marker.

British Library Desk Diary 2014: Royal Illuminated Manuscripts

Arts & Photography

Frances Lincoln

The British Library Diary 2014 is illustrated with illuminated manuscripts originally from the Old Royal Library given to the nation by George II in 1757 and now preserved in the British Library. These manucripts contain paintings produced by some of the finest artists of the Middle Ages. They reveal the artistry of the finest books produced between the eighth and sixteenth centuries. A week-to-view and illustrated in full colour throughout, with a ribbon marker.

British Library Pocket Diary 2014: Royal Illuminated Manuscripts

Calendars

Arts

The British Library Desk Diary 2015 focuses on classic book illustrations and includes images from favourite authors including Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens. There are illustrations from crime novels, science fiction and fantasy as well as children's classics like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, so a wide variety of styles and media are represented.

British Library Desk Diary 2015

Essays & Correspondence

The British Library Pocket Diary 2015 focuses on classic book illustrations and includes images from favourite authors including Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens. There are illustrations from crime novels, science fiction and fantasy as well as children's classics like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, so a wide variety of styles and media are represented.

British Library Pocket Diary 2015: Classic Book Illustrations

The British Library is the national library of the UK and 100 Birds from Around the Worldÿfeatures over birds from their ornithology collection.ÿSources include: American Ornithology by Alexander Lawson, 1825; The Birds of America, John Audubon, 1827-38;An album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra for Sir Stamford Raffles, c.1824;A natural history of uncommon birds, London 1743-51; Florilegius, Edward Donovan, 1794-1819 ; The Birds of Australia, John Gould and HC Richter 1848-69;The Birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including any new species that may be discovered in Australia.
One hundred colour postcards to send, keep or frame are stored in a sturdy box with a lift up lid.

British Library 100 Birds from around the World: 100 Postcards in a Box

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

2015 sees the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson -writing under the pseudonym of 'Lewis Carroll'. A classic that is much loved by adults and children alike, the British Library Pocket Diary 2016 features 'Alice' in all its guises - including images of the original manuscript (including margin drawings) written for Alice Liddell, the inspiration for Alice, as well as illustrations from the original edition by John Tenniel plus other interpretations in subsequent editions.

British Library Pocket Diary 2016

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of his death in 1616, the pictures and quotations in the 2017 British Library Diary celebrate the life and works of ‘the bard’, and their continued adaptations and reproductions to-date. William Shakespeare; poet, playwright and actor, is perhaps the most prolific literary figure to feature within the British Library’s collections, and indeed is often regarded as the greatest writer in the English Language. Shakespeare’s works have been translated into every major living language, and he is today listed as the world’s most quoted English writer.

British Library Pocket Diary 2017

World Literature

The British Library Desk Diary 2018 gathers together beautiful and fascinating images from the library’s collection of natural history illustrations. Sourced from manuscripts, journals and rare books, the range of nature’s beauty is represented, and includes birds, butterflies, insects, mammals, reptiles and fish. Artists include John J. Audubon, Maria Sybilla Merian, Archibold Thorburn and George Edwards.

British Library Desk Diary 2018

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

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