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The Library's unique collections are a treasure chest of unusual, interesting and sometimes surprising material just waiting to be found. This anthology, written by the Editor, is based on an eclectic selection of our archive. The author asserts her copyright on all material on the Priaulx Library website except where copyright of other authors is expressly notified. Permission to reproduce material from this website and full attribution to the author is required in all cases.

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Rosa Brock's Sketchbook

Rosa Brock, Alpine scene, Priaulx Library collection

These lovely watercolours are the work of Rosa, the daughter of General Sir Isaac Brock's brother, Savery Brock. They have been given to the Library on long-term loan by Rosa's great-great-neice, Sally Greenaway of New Zealand.

Antiquities at Rosenheim

Rosenheim from A Farmer's Vacation 1873 in the Priaulx Library Collection

A report of a meeting of the Société Guernesiaise in c. 1927. Rosa Brock's house 'Rosenheim,' now known as 'The Chain House,' was a very popular stop on a typical visitor tour of Guernsey, for its highly decorative gardens. The photograph below, from the Library collection, shows the famous 'sun and moon' trough in situ in the gardens. The Library is lucky enough to hold Rosa's exquisite book of watercolours.

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Rosa Brock's Sketchbook

Antiquities at Rosenheim

Our old house in Berthelot Street

Old house in Berthelot Street: legal documents

Rental of Andre Monamy, Jurat, 25 January 1564

Mariage encombre

The will of Marie de Rozel, 1669

The will of Jean Moorhead, 1688/9

Lost things: Les Maindonnaux, 1901

Elizabeth Le Cocq of Alderney, paillarde, 1736

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