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Musagetes Library Rare Books collection
Located within the Musagetes Architecture Library is a separate, environmentally controlled Rare Book Room housing one of Canada's most outstanding collections of rare books on architecture and design. Landmark titles in the history and theory of architecture, exemplary treatises from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, and texts outlining architectural developments in Northern Europe and on the North American frontier form the core of the collection.
Key Treatises
- The Ruins of Paestum, otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia byCall Number: D0298Publication Date: 1768
The designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of plans and elevations for public and private buildings by Call Number: D0263Publication Date: 1770
Using the reading room
- Materials are available upon request to students, faculty, scholars, and members of the public with appropriate identification
- All titles can be found in Omni, the Library's catalogue; please bring the call numbers for items you wish to view
- Titles in the collection do not circulate but certain items can be photocopied or photographed with your digital camera
- No food or beverages are allowed in the Rare Book Reading Room
- Researchers are required to use pencil only to take notes
- Only two patrons at a time may consult materials due to the size of the Reading Room