An example of a distinctive 18th century style of bookplate, the 'bookpile' bookplate, bearing a monogram of the initals J.M., and possibly belonging to John Marlar, who had a similar bookplate made for himself bearing his full name and his residence, Mitcham Common in Surrey. For further details see Brian North Lee's Bookpile bookplates (1992).

Gilt leather bookplate of Edward Hailstone, Yorkshire solicitor, churchwarden and book collector, from John Bond's King Charles his welcome home (1641). Hailstone left his sizeable library to York Minster.

Gilt leather bookplate bearing the crest and motto of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, from an edition of Richard Carew's Survey of Cornwall (1769).

Donated by Hugh Gatty.

Hand-sketched coat of arms with the legend "Di Carlo Maruccelli", from an early edition of the Imitatio Christi (1493) from the Yule collection.

An unidentified coat of arms drawn on the front fly-leaves of a volume containing The capitulations and articles of peace betweene the Maiestie of the King of England, Scotland, France, & Ireland &c. and the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Constantinople, 1663).

Donated by Robert Lambert.

Inscribed leaf inserted at the front of John Davies' Welsh-Latin dictionary (1632) bearing an extended note with the name Patrick Melvill, and the date 1637, on the recto, together with a hand-painted coat of arms on the verso. The inscription states that Melvill gained an MA at St Andrews University, but was incorporated at St John's, and that he left two volumes to the College, the current one and a Book of common prayer (1637).

A copy of Pliny's Historiae mundi libri XXXVII (Lyon, 1587) bearing a label on its cover which reads "The gifte of Dame Saint Johns wife to Sr. Olivar St. Johns of Battersea in Surrey". This label is attached to the front board under a horn and brass frame.

Gilt armorial stamp of Michael Woodhull from a 1483 edition of Leo I's sermons.

Gift of Hugh Gatty.

The gold-stamped arms of the city of Utrecht used as a centre ornament on an 18th-century Dutch vellum prize binding, probably made for one of the local schools. From an edition of Caesar published in Leiden in 1737.

Bequest of Thomas Whytehead.

This armorial binding stamp has been attributed to several owners, but remains unidentified. It seems to have belonged to a medical man from the mid-17th century, judging by the volumes that bear it, and the two volumes that do so at St John's are copies of the medical works of Sebastiano Paparella (1582) and Antonio Fumanelli (1557).