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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.

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

Mon - Fri.: 9am - 5pm

Sat & Sun: closed

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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.

Upcoming Exhibition

Nature on the Page: The Print and Manuscript Culture of Victorian Natural History

Mon, Jan. 28, 2019 to Fri, Apr. 26, 2019

The Fisher Library's Victorian natural history exhibition provides a unique opportunity to trace the ways in which the medium of print stimulated and sustained the 19th-century appetite for natural history.

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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-Wed., Fri - 9am-5pm
Thurs. 9am-8pm
Sat, Sun - Closed

Upcoming Exhibition

Nature on the Page: The Print and Manuscript Culture of Victorian Natural History

Mon, Jan. 28, 2019 to Fri, Apr. 26, 2019

The Fisher Library's Victorian natural history exhibition provides a unique opportunity to trace the ways in which the medium of print stimulated and sustained the 19th century appetite for natural history.

What's new at Fisher

First page from the Dec 2018 issue of the Halcyon

December issue of the Halcyon now out

The latest issue of the Friends of Fisher newsletter features a special donors section, who write about their collecting. It is available for download.

Page to Estienne book about the Queen of France

New Acquisition: A Meruaylous Discourse vpon the Lyfe, Deedes, and Behauiours of Katherine de Medicis, Queene Mother

Book attributed to Henri Estienne, the great 16th century French Protestant printer on his (less-than complimentary) feelings about the dowager Queen of France.

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Featured Collection

Ted Hughes and the Small Press

The Fisher has a virtually complete collection of limited, signed works by British poet Ted Hughes, published in the 1970s and early 1980s by two presses he established: the Rainbow Press and the Morrigu Press.

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This month at Fisher
The Typographical World of Glenn Goluska and his Contemporaries

Glenn Goluska has been called Canada’s finest letterpress designer and printer. On display are examples of Goluska’s work, along with materials from his contemporaries.

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Maladies des fosses nasales et des sinus. par Le Docteur J. Guisez ; avec 71 figures dans le texte. Paris: Librairie J.-B. Ballière, 1908.
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Fisher Audio

Andrew Steeves: "The Stacks School of Typography"

Gaspereau Press' Andrew Steeves delivered the 2013 Katz Lecture. His talk focused on the way in which knowledge of book history and print culture has impacted his work at Gaspereau.

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

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