An amazing collection of manuscript sources for the study of cultural history, including:

• Original manuscripts of Lancelot Andrewes and Gabriel Harvey
• A manuscript copy of Palladio’s Book of Architecture
• Records of artists such as Antony Van Dyck and Peter Lely
• Classical recollections and writings of Isaac Casuabon
• Papers relating to Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes and Rene Descartes
• Recollections of Venice and European travel
• William Caxton and Gioachino Greco writing on the game of chess
• A guide to angling
• Commonplace books on art and architecture
• Directions for painting allegorical figures
• Album Amicorum by George Willingham, Phillibert Vernati, Charles de Bousy, David Krieg and Guillaume de Ruytter