Signature of John Lilburne
"John Lilburne his booke" inscribed on a fragment of printed waste bound as a fly-leaf in a volume of eleven tracts (C.11.30).
Bookplate of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764)
Bookplate of Philip Yorke, first Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor for nineteen years, from Francois Belleforest's (1568).
Given by .
Bookplate of John Somerset Pakington, Baron Hampton (1799-1880)
Bookplate of John Somerset Pakington, Baron Hampton from Matthew Pilkington's (1770). As a politician Pakington was a conservative, but spent much of his time promoting radical educational reform. He was also appointed First Lord of the Admiralty on two occasions.
Bookplate of Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guildford (1766-1827)
Bookplate in Greek of Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guildford from a 17th-century work on . The Greek reads "O archon tes Ionikes Akademias Komes Guilford", referring to the Ionian Academy which he was instrumental in founding, owing to his lifelong philhellenism.
Bookplate of George Grenville (1712-1770)
Bookplate of George Grenville, British Prime Minister 1763-1765, from Thomas Birch's (1760).
Given by .
Binding stamp of John Carteret, Earl Granville (1690-1763)
Gold-stamped arms of John Carteret, Earl Granville, from an (1703). Carteret held the offices of both Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Secretary of State for Ireland, and was a major force in eighteenth-century politics.
Binding stamp of George Agar-Ellis, Baron Dover (1797-1833)
Three variants of the gold-stamped arms of George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, Baron Dover, politician and patron of the arts, and a key figure in the formation of the National Gallery. The first image is from the cover of William Stewart Rose's (1825).
Binding stamp of Sir Edward Dering (1598-1644)
Gold-stamped arms of Sir Edward Dering, from (London, 1636). Dering began as an aspiring courtier to Charles I, with the Duke of Buckingham as his patron. In 1640 he was elected to the Long Parliament but his subsequent career veered erratically between Royalist and Parliamentarian positions.
The Great Bible (Paris and London, 1539)
The , so called because of its size, was the first royally commissioned printed Bible in English. Many copies were produced, but this is one of only two known copies printed on parchment and beautifully illuminated.
Bookplate of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
Bookplate of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, British statesman, diplomat, wit and letter-writer, from Lorenz Natter's (1754).
Given by Francis Puryer White.