Collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves
circa 1450-1598
2
[Fragment from the 36-line Bible, with illuminated portrait of Saint Paul]
[between 1458 and 1461]
3
Lefèvre, Raoul, active 1460
Here begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye
[1473 or 1474]
4
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
[T]o the right noble, right excellent prince George duc of Clarence ..
31 Mar. 1474
5
Russell, John, -1494
Propositio Johannis Russell
1909
6
Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ..
[not after 18 November 1477]
7
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
The Canterbury tales
1477]
8
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
The metamorphoses of Ovid
1968
9
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492
Vocabulary in French and English
1964
10
Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde or thymage of the same
1481]
11
Hannapes, Nicolas de, 1225?-1291
Incipiu[n]t exe[m]pla sacre sc[ri]pture ex utroq[ue] testame[n]to secund[dum] ordin[em] l[itte]ra[rum] coll[e]c[t]a [et] p[rimo] de abstine[n]tia
anno d[omi]ni m.cccc.lxxxi [1481]
12
William, of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre, approximately 1130–approximately 1190
Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne, the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Jherusalem ..
20 Nov. 1481
13
[The cronycles of Englond]
[1482]
14
Caoursin, Guillaume, d. 1501
[T]o the moste excellente, moste redoubted and most crysten kyng, Kyng Edward the fourth
1482?]
15
Chartier, Alain, active 15th century
Here foloweth the copye of a lettre whyche Maistre Alayn Charetier wrote to hys brother whyche desired to come dwelle in Court
[approximately 1483]
16
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia
[after 20 Nov. 1483]
17
[Q]uonia[m] ex t[er]mi[ni]s fiu[n]t p[ro]po[si]c[ion]es ..
[approximately 1483]
18
Jacobus, de Cessolis, active 1288–1322
The holy apostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle
[1483]
19
Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton
[1484]
20
[Chronicles of England with the Fruit of times]
[1485 or 1486]
21
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
The boke of Saint Albans,
1881
22
Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
English hawking and hunting in the Boke of St. Albans
1975
23
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364–approximately 1431
Here begynneth the table of the rubryshys of the boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye
14 July 1489]
24
Roye, Guy de, Abp., ca. 1345–1409
That this is writen in this lytel boke ought the prestes to lerne and teche to theyr parysshes
7 May 1489
25
Statham, Nicholas, -1472
[Abridgement of cases]
[1490?]
26
Raymond, of Capua, 1330–1399
Here begynneth the lyf of Saint Katherin of Senis the Blessid Virgin
[1492?]
27
Riche and pore have like cu[m]mynge into this worlde & lyke outgoying but their liuyng in this worlde is unlike
5 July 1493
28
Hilton, Walter, -1396
Scala perfecc[i]onis
[1494]
29
Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century
Bartholomeu[s] de proprietatib[us] re[rum]
[approximately 1495]
30
Vitas patrum
the yere of Our Lorde MCCCClxxxxv ... [1495]
31
Higden, Ranulf, -1364
Policronicon
ended the thyrtenth daye of Apryll the tenth yere of the regne of kyng Harry the seuenth. And of the incarnacyon of our lord: MCCCC lxxxxv [13 April 1495]
32
Diues & pauper
3 Dec. 1496
33
Terence
Terentius cum duobus commentis
die .xxiiii. Ianuarii. M. CCCC. XCVII. [24 January 1497]
34
Here begynneth a shorte & a breue table on these Cronycles ..
and newely in the ye[a]r of Our Lord God 1497 ..
35
Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century
The noble & joyous boke entytled Le Morte Darthur
1934
36
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
[Here begynneth the legende named in latyn Legenda aurea, that is to saye in Englysse the golden legende]
16 Feb. 1503 [i.e. 1504]
37
Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521
Stultifera nauis
1509 (14 Dec.)]
38
Brant, Sebastian, 1458–1521
Stultifera Nauis,
[1570]
39
Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235–approximately 1314
Here begynneth a lytell cronycle
[approximately 1520?]
40
Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229–1298
[The legende named in latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in englysshe the golden legende]
15 Feb. 1512
41
Rycharde Rolle hermyte of Hampull in his contemplacyons of the drede and loue of god
[1519?]
42
Here endeth this presente Cronycle of Englande with the fruyte of tymes, compyled in a boke, & also impry[n]ted by one sumtyme scole mayster of Seynt Albons ..
in the yere of oure lorde god MCCCCC and xx [1520]
43
Stanbridge, John, 1463–1510
Accidentia ex Sta[n]brigiana editione nuper recognita et castigata lima Roberti Whitintoni Lichfeldiensis in florentissimna dromensi academia laureati
anno d[omi]ni MDxxii [1522]
44
Fitzherbert, John, d. 1531
Here begynneth a ryght frutefull mater and hath to name the boke of surueyeng and improume[n]tes
1523
45
Ortus vocabuloru[m]
1528
46
The iust reckenyng, or, Accompt of the whole nomber of the yeares
1547
47
The first map of Australia
[1856]
48
Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484–1531
A short pathwaye to the ryghte and true vnderstanding of the holye & sacred scriptures
1550
49
Wyngaerde, Anton van den, d. 1571
Van den Wyngaerde's View of London (circa 1550)
1881-1882
50
Palladio, Andrea, 1508–1580
Selections from Palladio's I Quattro libri dell'architettura
second half of the 15th century
51
More, Thomas, Saint, 1478–1535
A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of a publique weale, & of the new yle, called Utopia
MCMXXIX [1929]
52
Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
A newe booke containing the arte of ryding, and breaking greate horses
[not before 1566]
53
Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561
The fower chiefest offices belonging to horsemanshippe
[1570?]
54
Verstegan, Richard, ca. 1550–1640
The post of the world
1576
55
Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576
The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
1577
56
Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
[Atlas of the counties of England and Wales]
[1579]
57
James I, King of England, 1566–1625
Letter from James I to an unidentified recipient
circa 1590?
58
Styward, Thomas
The pathwaie to martiall discipline
[1582]
59
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Diuers voyages touching the discouerie of America, and the ilands adiacent vnto the same,
1582
60
Castanheda, Fernão Lopes de, -1559
The first booke of the Historie of the discouerie and conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales, in their daungerous nauigations, in the time of King Don Iohn, the second of that name.
1582
61
Remedies for diseases in horses
1583
62
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484–1566
The Spanish colonie, or Briefe chronicle of the acts and gestes of the Spaniardes in the West Indies, called the newe World, for the space of XL. yeeres
1583
63
Astley, John, d. 1595
The art of riding
1584
64
Corte, Claudio
The art of riding
1584
65
Clifford, Christopher
The schoole of horsmanship
1585
66
Boazio, Baptista
S. Augustini pars est terrae Florida
[1588?]
67
A very proper treatise
1588
68
The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
1589
69
A mapp of the north part from the equinoctial, with the auncient seates of the families mentioned in Genesis
[ca. 1590]
70
Boazio, Baptista
The true description or draffte of that famous Ile of Wighte
1591
71
Cokayne, Thomas, Sir, approximately 1519–1592
A short treatise of hunting
1897
72
Saviolo, Vincentio
Vincentio Sauiolo his practise
1595
73
Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616
Translation of a report by Álvaro de Bazan, marquês de Santa Cruz, on the defense of Spain and the West Indies from Sir Francis Drake
circa 1597
74
Norden, John, 1548–1625?
Speculi Britaniæ pars
1598
75
Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563–1611
Iohn Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
[1598]
76
Manwood, John, -1610
A treatise and discourse of the lawes of the forrest
1598
77
The principal nauigations voiages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1500 yeeres
1598 [-1600]
78
The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation
anno 1599-1600
79
Camden, William, 1551–1623
Reges, reginæ, nobiles, & alij in ecclesia collegiata B. Petri Westmonasterij sepulti vsque ad annum reparatæ salutis 1600 ..
1600
80
Description of Jarsey
1600
81
The Castell Perrott placed uppon the rocke cauled the stacke
circa 1600
82
[Composite world atlas]
[1686?]
83
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
Relations of the most famous kingdomes and common-wealths thorowout the world
1630
84
Galvão, António, -1557
The discoueries of the world from their first originall vnto the yeere of our Lord 1555
1601
85
Kip, William
Galliae descriptio
[ca. 1602]
86
More, Richard (Carpenter)
The carpenters rule, or, A booke shewing many plain waies, truly to measure ordinarie timber, and other extraordinarie sollids, or timber
1602
87
Kip, William
Angliae descpiptio [sic]
[ca. 1602]
88
A caueat for the borower, or, A perfect table of vsurie
1602
89
Kip, William
Belgiae descriptio
[ca. 1602]
90
Botero, Giovanni, 1540–1617
An historicall description of the most famous kingdomes and common-weales in the worlde
1603
91
Harrison, Stephen (Joiner and architect)
The arch's of triumph erected in honor of the high and mighty prince, Iames, the first of that name, King, of England, and the sixt of Scotland
1604
92
Abbot, George, 1562–1633
A briefe description of the whole worlde
1605
93
Keere, Pieter van den, 1571–approximately 1646
[Atlas of the British Isles]
[Amsterdam?] :
94
Speed, John, 1552?-1629
[Proof engravings for The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine]
[circa 1610?]
95
Ortelius, Abraham, 1527–1598
Theatrum orbis terrarum
1606 [i.e. 1608?]
96
Buoni, Tommaso
Problems of beautie and all humane affections
1606
97
This booke was giuen by legacie from Thomas Braythwait of Ambleside gent. who died in the yeare of our Lord 1607, vnto George Preston of Houlker gent
1607?]
98
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637
Cauelarice, or The English horseman
1607
99
The Bible
[1607]
100
Virginia richly valued, by the description of the maine land of Florida, her next neighbour