The Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection is focused on history and culture as expressed through early modern printing. At its core are the personal collections of Canadian entrepreneur, Seymour Schulich and Queen's Principal Emeritus Daniel Woolf. Through Mr. Schulich's continued support, W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections has actively added to the initial 400 volume donation by acquiring 16th-century English printed books. Mr. Schulich also gifted his collection of historic financial documents. The collection includes documents from Europe and Asia and span several centuries.
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Heads, English & foreign collected by Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys, countess of Pomfret

100 seventeenth-century window-mounted engraved portrait plates with manuscript biographies on facing pages; the first 50 biographies with decorative…
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The history of America, from its discovery by Columbus to the conclusion of the late war

Titlepage of vol.1 in red and black.
Published in 60 parts.
The exploration and history of North and South America to 1760, with an appendix (v. 2,…
The history of Japan : giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire

Titlepages in red and black.
With an additional titlepage, engraved: 'Historia imperii Japonici', and a list of subscribers, in vol. 1.
"Imprimatur,…
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James Cole's 18th-century Canterbury Cathedral Engravings

This 3D model was created for the Digital Humanities Assistantship at the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections Library....