Hear Oxford academic Professor Emma Smith, the world’s leading Shakespeare scholar, discuss Shakespeare’s First Folio as part of its 400 year anniversary.

Enter the musical world of seventeenth and early nineteenth century Britain with rare prints, books and manuscripts.

Records for much of the Rare Books Collection are in our catalogue, but if you do not find the item you are looking for, please ask for help: the item may not yet be catalogued, or an alternative version may be available

Around 6,000 books, mostly in Portuguese, mostly relating to literature, history and religion among many other topics.