Interested in rare and historical books?
The library's special collections offer you
the opportunity to investigate rare books
and historical collections on a wide range
of subjects.
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Book of Hours in French (c. 1507).
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Initial
from Missale Secundum Ordinem Carthusiensium
(1509).
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You can look into many diverse subjects including children's
literature, art, religion, natural history,
Shakespeare, trade unions and 19th century
Brighton. Some items within these collections
are rare and to access them you will need
to join our Rare Materials Membership Scheme.
Find out more by looking
at the following pages:
Special Collections by subject
Special Collections on many subjects
What are rare books?
Rare Materials Membership Scheme
Facts about the collections
Rare Books Events
To view items in the special collections
above you will need to contact the holding
library, which is shown at the end of the
description of each collection.
