Library Printed collections Special Collections

Special Collections

Reading Under a Beech Tree • Conversations with Theocritusby Lou Kapsimali

Mapping Empire: Decoding Blaeu’s Vision of IndiaNew digital exhibiton by Shrila Kanth

Beyond the MapDescriptions of the non-European World in Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior

Medieval Book of Hours donated to Special Collections

The Special Collections of the University Library of Groningen comprise, among others, collections of manuscripts, incunabula, papyri, printed works up to 1900, newspapers, pamphlets, bibliophile editions, letters, personal archives, historical atlases and maps.