Gold-stamped crest of Thomas Leigh, Baron Stoneleigh (1594/5-1672)
A crest consisting of a unicorn's head stamped in gilt on an edition of Scaliger's Cyclometrica elementa duo (Leiden, 1594). This stamp belonged to Thomas Leigh, Baron Stoneleigh, a staunch royalist in the civil wars.
Gold-stamped arms of the city of Leiden (17th cent.)
An ornate gold-stamped centre ornament incorporating the arms of the city of Leiden in the centre. From a 17th-century Dutch prize binding in vellum, probably made for one of the local schools. From an edition of Xenophon published in Paris in 1625.
From the library of John Carr, given by Henry Carr.
Binding stamp of Henri-Jacques-Nompar, duc de Caumont et duc de La Force (1675-1726)
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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.
Binding stamp of Peter Venables, Baron Kinderton (1603-1669)
Gold-stamped arms of Peter Venables Baron Kinderton. St John's has four volumes bearing this device all from the library of Thomas Gisborne.
Binding stamp of William Herris (fl. 1608-1613)
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.
Gold-stamped arms of Nicolas Hennequin (b. 1597)
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.
Gilt name of Edward Gwynn (d. ca. 1645)
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 of the Dutch East India Company (17th cent.)
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.
Gold-stamped arms of Du Bourg de Sainte-Croix (18th cent.)
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.
Binding stamp of Charles Stanley, Earl of Derby (1628-1672)
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.