Letterpress printing at the Bodleian Old Library

The Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It includes the principal University library – the Bodleian Library – which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years; as well as 27 libraries across Oxford including major research libraries and faculty, department and institute libraries. Together, the Libraries hold more than 13 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals and outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera. Members of the public can explore the collections via the Bodleian’s online image portal at digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk or by visiting the exhibition galleries in the Bodleian’s Weston Library. For more information, visit www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 15 September:

1200-1500

Location & directions

Old Bodleian Library, Catte Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3GB

Contact on day:

Stephen Dawson

Telephone number:

+441865242918

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

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