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