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Rare Book Collection
Collection
Reference code: RBC
Scope and Contents
Printed volumes of mainly pre-1851 origin, with some others of later date of special interest or value.Apart from the general collection which includes, for example, a first printing of the first edition of Newton's 'Principia', and an edition of Galen which bears the signature of François Rabelais, areas of particular note, with approximate number of volumes, are:The Pamphlet Book Collection: 16th to 19th centuries, which includes many Civil War and other 17th...
Dates:
1501 - 2021
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
The Oliver Beckerlegge Bible Collection
Collection
Reference code: BEC1
Scope and Contents
A collection of 198 bibles from the personal library of Oliver Aveyard Beckerlegge dating from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
For a further details of this collection please see the listing in the external documents section below.
Dates:
1445 - 1978
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives