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Blockprint in blind in Neo Sumerian on clay, Nippur, Sumer, reign of King Amar-Sin, 2047-2038 BC, 1 brick, 17x19x6 cm, originally ca. 33x33x6 cm, 9 columns, (10x11 cm) in cuneiform script. 

 MS in Neo Sumerian on white marble, Sumer, 2046-2038 BC, 1 brick printing block, 18,5x10,0x3,5 cm, single column, 7 lines in cuneiform script, with a handle on the back.

Blockprint in blind in Sumerian on clay, Lagash, Sumer, 2141-2122 BC, 1 brick, 32x32x7 cm, 6+4 columns, in cuneiform script. 

MS in Sumerian on clay, Akkad, Sumer, 2291-2254 BC, 1 brick printing block, 13x13x10 cm, 3 lines in a large formal cuneiform script, large loop handle. 

MS in Naxi on thick brown paper, Yunnan, China, 18th c., 10 ff. (complete), 10x28 cm, single column, (10x28 cm), 4 lines in Naxi pictographic script in compartments.

MS in Naxi on thick brown paper, Yunnan, China, 18th c., 10 ff. (complete), 10x28 cm, single column, (10x28 cm), 4 lines in Naxi pictographic script in compartments.

MS in Chinese and Italian (text 2) on paper, Sichuan province, China, 1643-1661, 1+1 ff., 27x31 cm, 8 columns, 23-27 characters in Chinese script, full-page drawing of the monster; text 2: 7x6 cm, single column, 11 lines in a small cursive Italian script.

MS in Chinese on indigo stained paper, China, 15th and 16th c., 158 ff. (complete), 32x11 cm, 5 columns (21x10 cm), 15 characters in Chinese book script in gold ink.

MS in Chinese on dark blue paper, China, late 14th c., 174 ff. (complete), 32x11 cm, 5 columns 25x10 cm), 17 characters in Chinese book script in gold ink.

MS in Chinese on paper, Sinkiang, China, ca. 920, 1 scroll of 33 sheets (complete), 32x1511 cm, 627 columns, (each sheet: 19 columns, up to 26,7x2,4 cm), 6-7 or 17-21 characters per column, in a large strong kaishu calligraphy of Chinese book script, 11 miniatures of seated Buddhas, ca. 3,5 cm high, in colours. 

MS in Chinese on paper, Dunhuang, Xinjiang (Sinkiang), China, 9th-early 10th c., 1 scroll of 5 sheets (complete), 27x232 cm, 28 columns, 17 (prose) and 14 or 20 (verse) characters in Chinese book script, 2 seals stamped 8 times. 

MS in Chinese on blue coloured paper, China, 620-756, 1 f. from a scroll, 23x32 cm, 16 columns, (19x32 cm), of 15 characters per column in Chinese book script in gold, on paper died blue and ruled in silver.