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Accessing our collections

The resources of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library may be used by all scholars and researchers, whether or not they are members of the University of Toronto community. A University of Toronto Library card is not necessary to access the collections, but onsite registration is required.

Location

120 St. George St.
Map
416-978-5285
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Hours

Mon-Fri.: 9am - 5pm

(Note: The Fisher offers extended hours on Thursday during the academic year. We will post the dates for the 2019/20 year in the summer.)

Sat & Sun: closed

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Current Exhibition

Uncovering the Book: An exhibition in honour of Greta Golick

Tue, May. 21, 2019 to Fri, Aug. 16, 2019

Every book tells its story in its making. The material used for the text, the method of writing or printing, and its use and preservation as folded sheets or bound together in the codex format inform the book as object.

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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library is the largest repository of publicly accessible rare books and manuscripts in Canada. As one of the leading research libraries in North America, the Fisher acquires, makes accessible and preserves comprehensive research collections of national and international significance. It serves the faculty, staff, students and alumni of the University, as well as the general public.

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Location & Hours

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

120 St. George Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1A5
Map
Email
416-978-5285

Hours

Mon-Fri - 9am-5pm
Sat, Sun - Closed

The Fisher will be closed for two weeks at the end of the summer, from August 19 to August 30, 2019. We will reopen on September 3, 2019.

Current Exhibition

Binding for Instructionis sacerdotum libri septem

Uncovering the Book: An exhibition in honour of Greta Golick

Tue, May. 21, 2019 to Fri, Aug. 16, 2019

This exhibition features the covers or the bindings of books as a reflection of their production and consumption – or, in other words, the material book as witness to its manufacture, use, and survival.

Note: On Wednesday July 24, there will be a one-hour tour of the exhibition by the curators. The tour begins at 1 pm. We hope to see you there!

What's new at Fisher

20th Century Feminist Periodicals at the Fisher

These periodicals chronicle important social issues as they developed and inform today’s political climate.

Latest issue of The Halcyon now available

The June 2019 issue of the Friends of Fisher newsletter is now available. Please come inside to pick one up, or download it free from our web site.

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Featured Collection

Sidney Fisher Collection

The Sidney Thomson Fisher collection contains some of the Thomas Fisher Library’s most prized possessions, including the first four folios of Shakespeare’s Works (1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685) and a rich collection of Wenceslaus Hollar’s famous engravings.

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This month at Fisher
Mirabile Visu: Early Illustrated Editions of Latin Poetry

The great Latin poems of the Classical past were among the first works of literature to find their way into print, and it was not long before early editions of these works were adorned with woodcut illustrations.