The following list of catalogued holdings in Special Collections pre-date 1850. Most of the publications are works of theology or editions of the bible. See also the online digital collection Medieval Manuscript Fragments.
Apocrypha. Circa 1611-1621. Probably once formed part of a complete Bible. Call Number: BS1692 A6.
Biblia sacra veteris et novi testamenti. Basileae, 1590-1591. Latin bible. Call Number: BS75 1591.
The English Version of the Polyglott Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Marginal Readings, Together with a Copius and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages, Exhibited in a Manner Hitherto Unattempted. Boston: R.H. Sherburne, 1843. Call Number: BS1 1843.
Salomon Gessner and Mary Collyer. The Death of Abel: In Five Books Attempted from the German of Mr. Gessner; by Mary Collyer, to Which Is Added, The Death of Cain, in Five Books. Newburyport: Edmund M. Blunt, 1794. Call Number: BS580 C3 G4 1794.
The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. Hartford: H. Hudson, 1827. Call Number: BS196 A1 H37 1827.
Ka Palapala Hemolele a Iehova ko kakou Akua: o ke Kauoha kahiko i unuhiia mai ka olelo Hebera, paiia no ko Amerika poe hoolaha Baibala. Oahu; Honolulu: Na na misionari i pai, 1837-1838. Hawaiian bible. Call Number: BS335 H3.
Gerhard von Mastrict, ed. Novum Testamentum: Post priores Steph. Curcellaei, tum & dd. Oxoniensium labores... Amsterdam: Wetsteniana, 1711. Greek New Testament bible. Call Number: BS1965 1711.
Richard McNemar. The Kentucky Revival: Or, A Short History of the Late Extraordinary Out-Pouring of the Spirit of God, in the Western States of America, Agreeably to Scripture Promises and Prophecies, Concerning the Latter Day: With a Brief Account of the Entrance and Progress of What the World Calls Shakerism, Among the Subjects of the Late Revival in Ohio and Kentucky. Presented to the True Zion-Traveller, as a Memorial of the Wilderness Journey. Albany: E. and E. Hosford, 1808. Call Number: BX9767 K4 M3 1808.
Granville Sharp. The Just Limitation of Slavery in the Laws of God: Compared with the Unbounded Claims of the African Traders and British American Slaveholders... London: B. White and E. and C. Dilly, 1776. Call Number: HT915 S4.
James Smith. The Christian's Defence: Containing a Fair Statement, and Impartial Examination of the Leading Objections Urged by Infidels Against the Antiquity, Genuineness, Credibility and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; Enriched with Copius Extracts from Learned Authors. Preliminary to the title page are two pages of "Notices of the debate which led to the publishing of The Christian's Defence." All the notices are from Columbus, Mississippi correspondents. Cincinnati: J.A. James, 1843. Call Number: BS480 S65 1843.
John Smith. Sailm Dhaibhidh, air an deana' ni's iomchuidh arson aora' chriostuidhean: A New Gaelic Version of the Psalms of David, More Adapted to Christian Worship, and to the Capacity of Plain Illiterate Persons. Glasgow: Niven, Napier & Khull, 1801. Call Number: BS1443 G2 S5 1801.
Francois Turrettini. Francisci Turrettini De satisfactione Christi disputationes cum indicibus necessaris; adiect sunt eiusdem du disputationes: I. De circulo pontificio. II. De concordia Jacobi & Pauli inarticulo justificationis. Geneva: Sumptibus Joannis Antonii & Samuelis De Tournes, 1667. Call Number: BT264 T9 1667.
Francois Turrettini. Institutio theologi elenctic: in qua status controversi perspicue exponitur, prcipua orthodoxorum argumenta proponuntur & vindicantur, & fontes solutionum aperiumntur. Geneva: Samuelem de Tournes, 1680-1686. Reformed Church dontrine. Special Collections has volumes 1 and 3. Call Number: BT264 T92.
Seth Youngs Wells. Testimonies Concerning the Character and Ministry of Mother Ann Lee and the First Witnesses of the Gospel of Christ's Second Appearing; Given by Some of the Aged Brethren and Sisters of the United Society, Including a Few Sketches of Their Own Religious Experience: Approved by the Church. Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1827. Shaker sect. Special Collection copy inscribed by author. Call Number: BX9793 L4 A5 1827.
William Whiston. A New Theory of the Earth, from Its Original, to the Consummation of All Things: Wherein the Creation of the World in Six Days, the Universal Deluge, and the General Conflagration, as Laid Down in Holy Scriptures, Are Shewn to Be Perfectly Agreeable to Reason and Philosophy. London: Benj. and Sam Tooke, 1722. Call Number: BL224 W5 1722.