ALT Title page of the almanac showing a depiction of Sarah Jinner in an oval setting.

ALT A forecast for February - weather and positions of the moon.

ALT A chapter opening with a diagram showing the latitude of London.

ALT Page showing astrological observations by month.

ALT Black & white photo of Charles Darwin

ALT Bookends of Animals & Plants under Domestication (1868) & Forms of Flowers (1877)

ALT Black & white diagrams of 4 pigeon skulls from Animals & Plants under Domestication (1868)

ALT Black and white diagram of Lythrum Salicaria flowers with petals removed.

ALT Collage of images of medieval text and images and an audience listening to a talk and viewing medieval books and other historic materials. Also a celebratory cake in the shape of a book.

ALT General shot of Guildhall Library in the City of London.

ALT General shot of Guildhall Library in the City of London.

ALT General shot of Guildhall Library in the City of London.

ALT General shot of Guildhall Library in the City of London.

ALT Page within the Plaisterers livery company book of the late 1500s. A page of neat handwritten script dominated by a large illustrated letter E depicting Queen Elizabeth I.

ALT Collection of 4 historical cookbooks

ALT Black & white title page of Good Soups

ALT Recipes from Watercress Cookbook

ALT Recipes in the Thermos cookbook

ALT A broadsheet from the time of the Great Plague (1665) with statistics of deaths and burials. 'Lord have Mercy upon Us' refers to the phrase written on the doors of houses of plague-stricken families. The plague was seen as an act of God.

ALT Close up of a page of Orders for Health (1665) that gave instructions to the public on what to do during the epidemic.

ALT The Smallest Dictionary in the World - about the size of a new postage stamp. Shows a picture on the left of Dr Johnson - who wrote the first - and the title page. Published 1893.

ALT Librarian showing class a broadsheet.