1. Mary Magdalene adoring the Crown of Thorns, illuminated initial from a choirbook, [France, early 16th century]

2. A collection of 15 manuscript and printed text leaves and cuttings, 13th-16th century

3. Illuminated leaf from Gerard of Cremona's Latin translation of Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhasis), [France, 14th century]

4. Calligraphic manuscript specimen sheet depicting St Jerome in his study [Germany (Nuremberg?), c. 1600]

5. Book of hours, in Dutch, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Netherlands, c.1481], contemporary binding

6. Adamantius, Physiognomonica, Paris, Conrad Neobar, 1540, later red morocco gilt

7. Aelianus, Variae historiae [and other works], Rome, Blado, 1545, modern half vellum

8. Aesop, Mythoi, Venice, 1644, French red morocco gilt, from the Royal Library in Paris

9. Ammonius Hermiae, In quinque voces Porphyrii commentarius, Venice, Aldus, 1546, later red morocco

10. Apian, Inscriptiones sacrosanctae vetustatis, Ingolstadt, 1534, folio, later calf with interlacing strapwork

11. Apuleius, Opera, Vicenza, 1488, contemporary Venetian stamped calf

12. Aratus, Phaenomena, Paris, 1559, modern vellum-backed boards

13. Aristides, Orationes, Florence, Giunta, 1517, later red morocco gilt, Bentley-Chatsworth copy

14. Aristophanes, Comoediae novem, Venice, Aldus, 1498, modern leather

15. Aristophanes, Comoediae undecim [Greek], Basel, 1532, later half calf

16. Aristophanes, Comoediae novem, Basel, Froben, 1537, contemporary vellum gilt

17. Aristotle, Historia animalium; Theophrastus, Venice, Aldus, 1497, volume 3 only, half blue morocco

18. Aristotle, Ethica ad Nicomachum, Venice, Aldus, 1498, later green calf

19. Aristotle, Mechanica, Paris, 1599, old vellum

20. Arrianus, De rebus gestis Alexandri regis, Pesaro, Soncino, 1508, modern stamped calf

21. Arrianus and Hanno, Periplus, Basel, 1533, contemporary limp vellum, Pierre Gaud's copy

22. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, [Geneva], 1598, red morocco with arms of J.A. de Thou and Marie de Barbançon

23. Barlezio, De vita... Scanderbegus, Strassburg, 1537, contemporary calf gilt

24. Bayardi, Prodromo delle antichità d´Ercolano, Naples, 1752, 5 volumes, Neapolitan armorial calf gilt

25. H. Beck von Leopoldsdorf, Document signed with signed autograph additions, 1577-1582

26. Bernard de Paris, Vocabolario italiano-turchesco, Rome, 1665, 3 volumes, modern half leather

27. Bible, Greek, Venice, Aldus, 1518, contemporary Venetian alla greca binding

28. [Bible] Epistolae Divi Pauli Apostoli, Venice, da Sabbio, 1533, contemporary Venetian morocco with initials DLF

29. [Bible] New Testament in Greek, Venice, Nicolini da Sabbio, 1539, modern leather

30. [Bible] Novum testamentum [Greek], Paris, 1546, contemporary morocco with gilt interlaced panel stamp

31. Bible in Greek, Paris, Estienne, 1550, ruled in red, old limp vellum

32. Bible, Latin, Paris, Didot, 1785, 8 volumes, contemporary Spanish marbled calf

33. Bible, Greek and Latin, Copenhagen, 1788, vellum, Richardson Currer copy

34. Bilberg, De refractio solis, Stockholm, 1695, contemporary half vellum

35. Boileau-Despréaux | Oeuvres poetiques, Parma, Bodoni, 1814, 2 volumes, extra illustrated

36. Bolzanio, Grammaticae institutiones, Basel, 1524, limp vellum

37. Bonaventura, Opuscula, Strassburg, 1495, 2 volumes, contemporary calf

38. Bonifacius VIII, Liber sextus decretalium, Venice, 1485, contemporary half calf over wooden boards

39. [Book of hours] Heures nostre dame a l'usage de Rouen, Rouen, [1593], vellum gilt binding

40. Breviarium romanum, Antwerp, Plantin, 1733, 4 volumes, contemporary calf gilt with pull-off cases

41. Budé, Commentarii linguae Graecae, Paris, 1529, later half calf

42. Caesar, Comentarios, Alcala de Henares, Miguel de Eguia, 1529, modern calf

43. Caesar, Quae extant, London, Tonson, 1712, contemporary diced russia gilt

44. Bassus, Geoponika; De re rustica, Basel, 1539, later tan morocco gilt, Syston Park copy

45. Cebes, Tabula, [Florence: Lorenzo de Alopa, c. 1496], crushed tan morocco by Chambolle-Duru

46. Geoffrey Chaucer, The workes, London, 1561, contemporary calf

47. Chevalier, Alphabetum hebraicum & graecum, Geneva, 1566 & 1600, modern leather

48. Chrysoloras, Erotemata Guarini, Reggio Emilia, 1501, later red morocco gilt, Dampier-Chatsworth copy