Special Collections
Special Collections holds a wealth of primary source materials in a variety of formats and media – ranging from medieval times to the modern age – and with exceptional strengths in literature and the arts, sociology, politics and economics.
The Special Collections Reading Room is open weekdays, Monday to Friday, 11:00 - 17:00.
Request Special Collections & Archives items via the catalogue. Find out more about the Special Collections Reading Room.

Special Collections
Special Collections holds a wealth of primary source materials in a variety of formats and media – ranging from medieval times to the modern age – and with exceptional strengths in literature and the arts, sociology, politics and economics.
The Special Collections Reading Room is open weekdays, Monday to Friday, 11:00 - 17:00.
Request Special Collections & Archives items via the catalogue. Find out more about the Special Collections Reading Room.
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Shakespeare’s First Folios, 1623
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Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Description de toutes les nations de l’empire de Russie, c.1776-1777
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Hocus Pocus Junior, 1634
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Manuscript of William Langland, Piers Plowman, early 15th century
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Auserlesene Schnecken, Muschelen und andre Schaalthiere by Franz Michael Regenfuss, 1758
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University of London Supplemental Charter, 1867