Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library: Dawn of printing

Items listed on this page are normally on display in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library at St Pancras, London.

You can find out more about selected items online. You can also check out opening times and get an overview of what the gallery contains.

• One Million Charms of Empress Shotoku, plus pagoda Or.78.a.11 & Or.81.c.31
• Ch'unchu kyongjon chiphae, Seoul, 1434 16015.c.3, chapter 20 more...
• Shinsen heika zui (Guide to flower arrangement). Kyoto 1698 ORB.30/3424
• Genroku furyu Meiji-buri (Meiji Period kimonos). Kyoto 1905 ORB.30/951
• Dharani in Uighur with Sanskrit gloss, 10th-11th century Or.12551A
• Buddhist prayer sheet (woodblock print on paper). China, 10th century Or.8210/P.5
• Letter from the Shizhuzhai, Rongbaozhai, Peking, 1952 Or.80.d.9
• Indulgentia printed by (?) Johann Gutenberg, Mainz, 1454-55 IA.53
• Gutenberg Bible, Mainz, 1454-1455 C.9.d.3,4 (pictured above) more...
• Leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, Mainz, 1454-1455 IC.56a
• Psalterium, printed by J. Furst & P. Schoffer, Mainz, 1457 G.12216
• Biblia Latina, printed by (?) A. Pfister, Bamberg, not after 1461 C.9.d.6
• Bucheranzeige (advertisement), printed by A. Koberger, Nuremberg, 1480 IC.7195
• Satyrae, printed by Aldus Manutius, Venice 1501 C.4.g.10
• Virgil's Opera, printed by Miscomini, Venice, 1476 C.19.e.14
• Aesop, Fables, printed by William Caxton. 1484 C.11.c.17