Our Rare books collection contain a range of beautiful and unique books, dating from the 15th century onwards:

Image: (L) Honours students using rare books in the Fryer reading room (R) Detail of title page from 
Laurence Stern's The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1772-1773)

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Digitised rare books


Contact the Fryer Library to find out more about our collections.