Rare books

Specialists

Glynn Edwards

Assistant Director, Department of Special Collections

(650) 521-2255

gedwards@stanford.edu

Digital collections

Manuscripts and archives

Rare books
John E Mustain

Curator of Rare Books

(650) 725-6964

jmustain@stanford.edu

Rare books

Libraries

Special Collections & University Archives

Today:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

Library website

Hours & access

Blogs

Architecture for opera and theater | April 25, 2018

Rare discovery at East Asia Library | December 7, 2017

East Asia Library special collections featured in new Cantor exhibit | November 2, 2017

Summer students encounter rare music | June 28, 2017

Newly Released: Carleton Watkins photographs | March 8, 2017

Topic guides

Artists' books

Jewish Studies resources

Gaihozu: Japanese imperial maps

Notable collections

Super-Enlightenment

Thirty-six digitized texts, written in French between 1716 and 1835, investigate the mysterious perimeters of knowledge beyond Locke.
Memorial Library of Music

Scores of operas, symphonic works, chamber music, and choral works by major composers from the 17th to 20th centuries.
Frederick E. Brasch Collection of Newton and Newtoniana

Books and manuscripts related to Isaac Newton and the development of the physical sciences in the 17th century.
Aldine Collection

Books from the Aldine Press, founded in 1494 by Aldus Manutius and continued by his grandson, Aldo, until his death in 1597.
Kline/Roethke Collection

Eighteenth and nineteenth century books of English literature, international politics, and illustrated works.
Mary L. Schofield Collection of Children's Literature

Mary L. Schofield Collection of Children's Literature in Special Collections
Samson / Copenhagen Judaica Collection

Samson collection of Judaica once belonging to the Jewish Community of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Taube-Baron Collection of Jewish History and Culture

Taube-Baron collection of Jewish studies and culture, from the library of Professor Salo Wittmayer Baron.
Drink and the Victorians: A History of the British Temperance Movement

This collection consists of over 1200 items, published roughly between 1800 and 1980. It contains 845 pamphlets, 110 journals and periodicals, and 325 books.
Baha'i Collection

A collection of collections, originating from one of the most extensive private libraries of materials related to the Baha'i Faith, includes thousands of books, letters, newspaper clippings, photographs and early Baha’i publications from many countries and in various languages, from Urdu to Japanese to Greenlandic.