Gold-stamped arms of Charles William Henry Montagu Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Duke of Queensberry, officer, Tory M.P. for Marlborough, and Grand-Master of Free-Masons 1800-02, from a French biography of Jonathan Swift (1808).

Given by Ralph Hare Griffin.

The gold-stamped crest of Richard Burke, Earl of Clanricarde on the covers of an edition of Thomas Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles (1587). There were four earls of Clanricarde with this name (the 2nd, 4th, 6th & 8th) and it is unclear which one this stamp belonged to, although it is unlikely to have been the second earl as he died in 1582. It seems possible that it could have belonged to the fourth earl as he was studying at Christ Church College in Oxford at around the time the book was produced.

The arms shown here have been attributed to John Blythe, a 17th-century lawyer. They appear here on an early Florentine edition of Aristophanes (1525).

Given by Delaval Shafto Ingram.

At least three volumes in St John's Library bear the gold-stamped arms of Rachel Bourchier, Countess of Bath, and two of these also bear her bookplate.

17th-century gold-tooled brown morocco for John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, and later Archbishop of York, from a presentation copy of Francis Mason's Vindiciae Ecclesiae Anglicanae, siue, De legitimo eiusdem ministerio, id est, de episcoporum success

Ornate gilt binding bearing the arms of Edward Tunno, owner of Warnford Park in Hampshire during the mid-nineteenth century.

18th-century red morocco binding with the arms of the University of Oxford.

Scripture and liturgy were often given decorated bindings to personalise them. This particular Book of common prayer bears a binding of painted vellum decorated by James Edwards of Halifax (1757-1816) for the Maryon Wilson family, whose arms are incorporated into the design.

Italian brown morocco binding with gold-tooled design incorporating the arms of a member of the Chigi family. The arms incorporate an episcopal hat and tassels, and may have belonged to Flavio Chigi, seniore, (1631-1693), who held various titles within the Catholic Church, and was Librarian of the Holy Roman Church at the time this book was published.

19th-century English gold-tooled morocco, bound for the clergyman Richard Duffield. His name appears amongst the concentric decoration, together with the date 1831. The edges have ornate gauffering incorporating the initials R.D.