It contains approximately 40,000 printed volumes published over seven centuries, from Leon Battista Alberti’s De re aedificatoria (1485) to the recent limited edition volume, Olafur Eliasson’s Your House (2006). The Classics collection also has important holdings of manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, periodicals, graphic suites—including Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Carceri (Prisons) and Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)—and printed ephemera.
The collection comprises approximately 40,000 printed volumes spanning seven centuries, from Leon Battista Alberti’s De re aedificatoria (1485) to Olafur Eliasson’s Your House (2006). The Classics collection also holds significant manuscripts, broadsides, photographs, periodicals, graphic suites—including Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s Carceri (Prisons) and Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)—and printed ephemera.