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A 14th century transcript of Imago mundi.

A copy of Angela Fish's M. Phil thesis 'Images of Welsh Women as Portrayed by Anglo-Welsh Novelists 1850-1985' (University of Glamorgan, 1995)

A late XIII century - early XIV century transcript of Image du monde (‘L’Ymage del monde’) (incomplete) by Gautier or Gossuin of Metz.

A facsimile from MS 2-ZZN in the Sidney S Rider Collection, Brown University Library, containing transcripts taken in 1784 by the New England historian Isaac Backus (1724-1806), Baptist minister of Middleborough, Massachusetts, of entries from the Ilston Book, the earliest register of Welsh Baptists, now in the custody of Brown University Library.

Correspondence, 1901-1908, relating to the establishment of Independent Labour Party (ILP) branches in and around Swansea. Included are letters from Charles Duncan of the Workers' Union, John Penny, J. Bruce Glasier and Philip Snowden of the Independent Labour Party, and include references to Keir Hardie and J. Littlejohns. The majority of the letters are to Matt Giles, who became the first full time organiser for the ILP in Wales.

Reproductions of illustrations by Dewi Bowen for the poems 'The angry summer' by Idris Davies, 1926, 'Yr arwr' by Hedd Wyn and 'All day it has rained' by Alun Lewis, together with other illustrations, including a portrait of Dafydd Iwan at Soar Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, 2008.

An illustrated manuscript journal, [1837x1838] (watermark 1836), by the artist George Nicholson of Liverpool, of a tour of Snowdonia on 5-18 August 1837, including nine pen and ink drawings by Nicholson, together with two watercolour paintings, apparently by his sister Isabella.
Nicholson and his two friends Edward [Priestley] and Mary Ann arrive at Bangor by ship [from Liverpool] on 5 August (f. 2). Their itinerary includes Caernarfon (f. 3), Beddgelert and Pont Aberglaslyn (f. 3 verso), Tanybwlch, Maentwrog (ff. 5-7 verso) and Ffestiniog (f. 6 recto-verso). They then return to Beddgelert for a week (ff. 8-17), before travelling via Capel Curig (ff. 17 verso-18) to Bangor (f. 18 verso) for the passage home (ff. 18 verso, 20). The group also climb Snowdon (ff. 9-10 verso). The pen and ink drawings comprise 'Llyn Colwyn' [i.e. Llyn Cwellyn?] (f. 3 verso), 'Pont Aberglasllyn [sic]' (f. 4), 'Tan-y-Bwlch Inn' [i.e. the Oakeley Arms] (f. 6), 'From the window of the Oakley [sic] Arms, Tan-y-Bwlch' (f. 7), 'Ciliart's [i.e. Gelert's] Tomb' (f. 12), 'Goat Inn' (f. 14), 'Plas Colwyn' (f. 16), and 'Trifain [i.e. Tryfan] – Foel Goch – Benglog' (f. 19). The watercolour paintings, both of which are labelled 'I. N. fecit', depict two dragonflies on heather (f. 8) and two butterflies on harebell (f. 13). Also included are copies of verses taken from visitors' books and albums during the journey (ff. 6, 7 recto-verso, 18).

An address, illuminated by William Grant Murray, ARCA, presented, 1924, to John Evan Pughe-Jones, Swansea, district auditor for South Wales, upon his retirement and signed by officials of the local authorities in the South Wales Audit District.

An illuminated address presented by the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Heywood Street, Manchester, to Isaac Powell, 6 May, 1890.

An illuminated address presented to Viscountess Fielding. English.

Illuminated address to the Reverend Francis John Jayne from the residents of Brynmawr. See also NLW MS 21106D. English. Leather. Purchased from Mr Tom Lloyd Roberts, Caerwys, November 1972.

Illuminated address to the Reverend Francis John Jayne from the patrons of the advowson of the parish church of Leeds. See also NLW MS 21107D. English. Vellum. Purchased from Mr Tom Lloyd Roberts, Caerwys, November 1972.

An illuminated address presented to the Reverend Dr. William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog, 1802-1883), and autographed by forty-nine ministers of religion of the Liverpool area, to mark his retirement in 1875 from full-time ministry.

Illuminated address to D. L. Lloyd, Bishop of Bangor, on his retirement. English. Leather. Donated by Aneurin Talfan Davies, Llandaff, May 1971.

Illuminated address presented to T. D. Griffiths, Cilfynydd. English. Leather. Donated by Mrs W. G. Rogers & Miss M. B. Griffiths, November 1970.

Illuminated address presented by 'the agents and workmen of Aberaman and other inhabitants of the parish of Aberdare' to Crawshay Bailey, junior, esq. (1821-1887), of the Bailey family of Nant-y-glo, Aberaman, etc., on the occasion of his marriage to the daughter of the Count and Countess of Metaxa.