The Rare Book and Manuscript Library, or RBML, at the University of Illinois is one of the largest publicly accessible collections of rare books in the country. In the era of banned books, the RBML ...

The Rare Books Library is located on the 6th floor of Van Pelt. Penn Libraries has received $4.25 million — the largest gift ever from a living donor — to go toward the Rare Book and Manuscript ...

The Rare Book Room’s twentieth anniversary provided us with the perfect opportunity to revisit the exhibits that have been housed in this beautiful space. This retrospective exhibit features only a ...

How a trove of rare books was found on a Chicago sidewalk — and reunited with its owner It took the patient sleuthing of a rare books and manuscripts curator from the Newberry Library to unravel ...

More than 170 rare books have vanished, replaced by very high-quality fakes. This reproduction of a first edition of an 1822 book by Alexander Pushkin was found at the University of Warsaw library ...

Take a peek at the rare books and treasures at the Boston Public Library The BPL's Special Collections contains priceless items, and we tour the new, off-limits conservation lab ...

The Daniel R. Coquillette Rare Book Room, located in the Boston College Law Library, houses the Library’s collection of old and rare law books and manuscripts. Represented in the collection are the ...

Tucked away on the upper floors of the Library of Michigan, the rare book vault is about 60 degrees with very low humidity. It’s not too cold, but compared to the mild temperatures throughout ...

March marks the last month of Rare Books 101 at the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Along with opportunities to view significant historic acclaimed works that are always on display, visitors ...