Gold-stamped arms of Henri-Jacques-Nompar, duc de Caumont and then duc de La Force, from a French edition of Richard Smith's Florum historiae ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum, libri septem (1654).

Given by Isaac Pennington.

Gold-stamped arms of Peter Venables Baron Kinderton. St John's has four volumes bearing this device all from the library of Thomas Gisborne.

Gold-stamped arms of William Herris, who attended Pembroke College and gained his B.A. in 1612, from an edition of Supplementum chronicorum (1535). The arms appear with Herris's initials to the side, and the initials P.H. above (these latter probably standing for 'Pembroke Hall').

Given by Richard Sibbes.

The gold-stamped arms of Nicolas Hennequin, with the motto "Membra non animum tegunt". From the second edition of d'Aubigne's Histoire universelle published in Amsterdam in 1626. The arms also appear in miniature between the bands on the spine.

Given by Matthew Prior.

One of around eight volumes in St John's that bear the name Edward Gwynn stamped in gilt on the front cover, and the initials E.G. on the back cover. This particular volume is bound in vellum, but others are bound in calf. The volumes appear to have come from various sources, several from Peter Gunning and two from Thomas Baker.

Blind-stamped monogram incorporating the initials A.V.O.C., representing the Amsterdam branch of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or Dutch East India Company. From the front cover of the first Malay language edition of the New Testament (Amsterdam, 1668), which was published at the expense of the Company expressly for use in evangelism overseas.

The gold-stamped arms of Du Bourg de Sainte-Croix. From Monicart's poetic celebration of Versaille, Versailles immortalise, ou les merveilles parlantes de Versailles (Paris, 1720).

Given by Madeline Louise Charlotte Money.

The gold-stamped crest of Charles Stanley, Earl of Derby, which graces the covers of a copy of the second edition of a work of religious controversy which he authored, attacking both Catholics and Quakers, The Protestant religion is a sure foundation and principle of a true Christian (1671).

Donated by Thomas Baker.

Gold-stamped arms of Walter Covert, of Kent, from an English translation of Matthieu's Histoire de Louys XI (1614).

Gold-stamped arms of John FitzGibbon, the second Earl of Clare, from Steuart's The planter's guide (1828). John was Governor of Bombay from 1830-34, and Lord Lieutenant of County Limerick, as well as being admired by Lord Byron in his youth, and fighting a duel to defend his father's posthumous reputation.