Digital Collections

We have a small but growing collection of digitised books. Currently these consist of rare books which are unique to our collection.

These books are available to download below and are provided under the Creative Commons licence.

These books can be viewed via our page on Archive.org, as well as some additional material from our collections.

Bibliotheca illustris Medii Templi Societatis
Sir Bartholomew Shower
1700
The first printed catalogue of the Library’s holdings. It was commissioned by Sir Bartholomew Shower, Treasurer of the Inn in 1700.
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Bukvar' iazyka slavenska
1618
The first printed source of the Belarusian language, this is a primer of Church Slavonic produced by a monastery in Ev’e (or Vievis), Lithuania.
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Carmen nuptiale nobiliis. doctiss. prudentissimoque sponso D. Cornelio vander Milen provincialis Hollandiae senatus praesidis silio
Henricus Nicolaes Mouthaen
1603.
This is the only recorded copy of this poetical work listed in the Heritage of the Printed Book database.
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De Adiaphoris
Gabriel Powel
1606
Printed in London by Robert Barker in 1606 and is bound in a manuscript leaf from the Tables of Toulouse, dated to the 15th century.
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Discours ou est descrit au vray, l'estat du roy d'Espainge
The only recorded copy of this work, whose author may be Jean de Prantinhac.
1590
It was printed in Montauban by an anonymous printer.
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Examen de la composicion theriacal de Andromacho
Liano Licenciado
1546
Another unique copy of a work on poisons and antidotes, with evidence of ownership by Robert Ashley
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Flor de Virtudes
1539
Flor de v[ir]tudes nueuamente corregido, Caragoça, 1539. A unique copy of this medieval conduct of life work printed in Zaragoza.
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Marqués de Santillana, Los proverbios
Iñigo López de Mendoza
1532
A book of didactic poems written at the request of Juan II for his son the prince Enrique IV; a unique copy not recorded in other collections
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Protestation du serenissime et tres-haut Prince et seigneur Charles Louys Comte Palatin du Rhin, Archidapiferi & Prince Electeur du S. Empire, Duc de Baviere, &c
Karl Ludwig, Elector Palatine
1637
We are awaiting confirmation from the editors of the English Short Title Catalogue to confirm that this is an unrecorded, unique item. It was printed in London by Anne Griffin, in 1637
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