Gold-stamped arms of Tobias Rustat, from an edition of Silvestros Syropoulos' History of the Council of Florence in Greek, with parallel Latin text (1660).

Three volumes of an 18th-century catalogue of the collections of the Musei Capitolini in Rome bear this binding incorporating the arms of John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe. As well as being a courtier and friend of George III, Roxburghe was an obsessive book-collector, and has given his name to one of the most famous bibliographical societies, the Roxburghe Club.

Bookplate of the Lady Elizabeth Germain, courtier to Queen Anne and close friend of Jonathan Swift. After the death of her husband, Sir John Germain, she remained a widow and dedicated herself to maintaining his art collections, as well as entertaining the political classes.

Bookplate of Hugh Cecil Lowther, fifth Earl of Lonsdale. After his father's death Hugh became one of the richest men in England, with estates which included the Whitehaven collieries, and this enabled him to lead an ostentatious lifestyle, employing yellow-liveried footmen and a special train for his household. He also used his wealth to pursue his various sporting passions, including hunting, boxing (he became the first president of the National Sporting Club), horse-racing (as the first president of the International Horse Show at Olympia), and cars (being the first president of the AA).

A book label of William Morris, designer, author, and socialist, from his library at Kelmscott House. The text is an Icelandic edition of the Imitatio Christi (1676), which obviously had an Icelandic provenance, as the inscription "Sigurdur Biornsso[n] 175[?]" also appears in it.

The bookplate of William Bell Scott, artist and poet, associated with the Pre-Raphaelites, and especially the Rossettis, from an 1825 gift book.

Given by Ralph Hare Griffin.

The leather bookplate of Sir Arthur John Dorman, founder of a steel making firm which became a major armaments supplier during the First World War. It is to be found in five contemporary editions of the works of John Dryden held by the Library.

Gift of Arthur Guy Lee.

The autograph of one of St John's most famous alumni at the top of the title-page of Samuel Chandler's History of persecution (1736). This is one of only a few items in the Library that once belonged to the Lakeland poet.

Gift of George Ash Butterton.

Bookplate of Horace Walpole, politician and author of the first English gothic novel, The castle of Otranto, from a 1712 edition of Theophrastus.

The gold-stamped arms of the French writer Tallemant des Reaux appear on both the cover and the spine of this French edition of the Imitatio Christi (1640).