Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.)
Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in Figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgil's Aeneis. By G. S. Oxford: John Lichfield, 1632. 

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).
Traitté de la Peintvre de Leonard de Vinci donné av pvblic et tradvit d'Italien en François par R. F. S. D. C. Paris: Jacques Langlois, 1651.

(This volume is part of the Anthony J. and Frances A. Guzzetta Collection of Leonardo da Vinci, Department of Rare Books, Special Collections & Preservation, University of Rochester).

Batty Langley (bap. 1696-1751). 
New Principles of Gardening, or, the laying out and planting parterres, groves, wildernesses, labyrinths, avenues, parks, & c. London: A. Bettesworth and J. Batley, 1728. 

Juvenal (c. 55-c. 127 A.D.); Persius (34-62 A.D.)
D. Junii Juvenalis Satyrae et Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae. Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1761.

St Jerome (c. 340-420)
Omnivm opervm Divi Evsebii Hieronymi Stridonensis, Tomvs Primvs cum Argumentis et Scholiis Des. Erasmi Roterodami. 9 vols. Basle: Johann Froben, 1516.

Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948)
William Caxton. An Essay by Holbrook Jackson with an Original Leaf from the Chronicles of England, printed by William Caxton at Westminster in 1480. London: William H. Robinson Limited, Pall Mall, 1933.

The professor was Henry A. Ward (1834-1906) and although he taught geology from 1860-1869, his real interest lay in bringing the natural sciences to a much wider audience. Called "King of Museum Builders" by William T.

Lu Harper, librarian at the Memorial Art Gallery's Charlotte Whitney Allen Library, sent the following mystery: 

The University Mace, was created in 1935 for the inauguration of Alan Valentine, our fourth president. It is carried by the University Marshal at important events, and graces the dais on a special pillow throughout the proceedings. Its history, height, and weight were the subject of the Summer 2019 Ask the Archivist column.

The Ask the Archivist column in the Spring 2021 Rochester Review answered a question from University alumnus and professor, Richard Ralston, who asked about four dynamic and compelling speakers who visited Rochester and spoke to University students.  You can read the article here.