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Explore Rare Books

The Allen Memorial Library houses a special collection of over 40,000 rare health sciences books.  Highlights include

  • rare herbals with elaborate woodcuts of plants & mythical animals
  • rare anatomy, including the first illustrated medical book (Fasciculus Medicinae)
  • rare nursing and dental texts
  • incunabula

Explore our rare book collection