A new book 'Lambeth Palace Library: Treasures from the Collection of the Archbishops of Canterbury' has been published by Scala Publishers, to coincide with the 400th anniversary exhibition, and featuring sixty items from the Library's collections.

Included are illuminated manuscripts from the Middle Ages; manuscripts from the Tudor and Stuart eras, including the execution warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots; early printed books, among them a Gutenberg bible with English illumination, possibly the first printed book to come to England; Elizabeth I's own prayer book showing her portrait; medical reports on the madness of George III and the Golden Cockerel Press Four Gospels, one of the masterpieces of Eric Gill.

For hardback copies (£35), please contact Jenny McKinley, Scala Publishers, Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0AT, jmckinley@scalapublishers.com, 020 7490 9900

The print run of softback copies has sold out. Further copies are now in production and will be available through this website in due course.