The McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections began collecting rare materials in the 1850s, and through gift and purchase the holdings now constitute rich and highly diverse research collections. The humanities and social sciences and in particular art and architecture, Canadiana, history, literature, the history of ideas (philosophy and religion), travel and exploration, and the history of the book form the core of the collection. More information can be found on the library’s...
Topic: Rare Books and Special Collections
The Islamic Studies library was founded in 1952, along with the Institute of Islamic Studies by Prof. Wilfred Cantwell Smith. The library has grown from a modest departmental collection to a very well regarded library of over 150,000 volumes covering the whole of Islamic civilization in a number of languages including Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu. This sizable and rich collection is unique in Canada with only the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library comparable in size and breadth. The...
Topic: Islamic Studies Library
The McGill Student publications collection comprises a variety of publications from 1875 to 2001. The chief long-standing student newspaper at McGill, The McGill Daily, was founded in 1911. It had been preceded by the McGill (University) Gazette, the McGill Fortnightly, the McGill Outlook and the (McGill) Martlet.
Topic: McGill Student Publications
The Osler Library of the History of Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, opened in 1929 to house the collection of rare medical and other books donated by Sir William Osler (1849-1929), the renowned physician and McGill graduate and professor. Initially comprising 8000 titles listed in the Bibliotheca Osleriana, the collection – one of the world’s outstanding ones - has grown to around 100,000 works including rare monographs, journals, archives and prints, as well as scholarly...
Topic: Osler Library of the History of Medicine
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection contains over nine hundred British and American chapbooks published in the 18th and 19th centuries. This digital collection was created by identifying and digitizing volumes from the The Sheila R. Bourke Collection of Children's Literature, the Children's Books Collection and the main McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collection . As new titles are acquired and added to the collection they will be digitized and added to our digital collection...
Topic: McGill Library’s Chapbook Collection
The Macdonald Campus of McGill University is home to one of the oldest Faculties of Agricultural Sciences in Canada. This historical collection of Macdonald publications provides a unique view on agricultural developments and campus life throughout the twentieth century. Scholarly works written by faculty and students (Macdonald College Magazine, Annual and Journal) offer a historical perspective on professional concerns in the field of agriculture. The student newspapers (Failt-ye, Dram and...
Topic: Macdonald Campus History
McGill University Library
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1345
1345
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Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225; Adʹhamī, ʻAbd al-Qādir, -1907 or 1908. Mīzān al-ʻadl fī maqāṣid aḥkām al-raml; Adʹhamī, ʻAbd al-Qādir, -1907 or 1908. Laṭāʼif al-ishārah fī khaṣāʼiṣ al-kawākib al-sayyārah; Adʹhamī, ʻAbd al-Qādir, -1907 or 1908. Fawātiḥ al-raghāʼib fī khuṣūṣīyāt al-kawākib; Adʹhamī, ʻAbd al-Qādir, -1907 or 1908. Zahr al-murūj fī dalāʼil al-buruj
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4 volumes in 1
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Topics: Divination -- Arab countries -- Early works to 1800., Islamic occultism -- Early works to 1800.,...
McGill University Library
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13K
1291
1291
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Ibn al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1336
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168 pages
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Topics: Islamic magic -- Early works to 1800., Magic, Arab -- Early works to 1800., Alphabet -- Religious...
McGill University Library
14,899
15K
1912
1912
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283, author
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606 pages : illustrations ; 29 x 19 cm.
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Topics: Manuscripts, Persian -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal., Illumination of books and manuscripts,...
McGill University Library
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19K
1930
1930
by
Standard Brands Limited; University of Waterloo. Library. Women's Studies Collection. CaOWtU
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48 pages ; 21 cm
Topics: Baking -- Canada., Desserts., Cooking, Canadian., Baking powder., McGill University Library...
McGill University Library
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1915
1915
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Lake of the Woods Milling Company, issuing body.
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144 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (double sided) : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Topics: Baking., Bread., Pastry., Cooking, Canadian., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Baking,...
McGill University Library
21,057
21K
1944
1944
by
Pires, Tomé, approximately 1468-approximately 1540; Rodrigues, Francisco, active 1513. O livro de Francisco Rodrigues
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2 volumes (xcvi, 578 pages) : xlii plates (some folded ; including frontispieces, maps, facsimiles), 2 folded maps (in pockets) ; 23 cm.
Topics: East Asia -- Description and travel., Pilot guides -- East Asia., McGill University Library...
McGill University Library
681
681
1935
1935
by
Bartholomew, J. G. (John George), 1860-1920
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xii, 192, 90 pages including 158 maps (some color) illustrations, diagrams 37 cm
Topics: Atlases., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Humanities and Social Sciences - Atlas...
McGill's Law Library began in the middle of the 19th Century as a limited holding of law books assembled to support legal instruction at the Faculty of Law. This holding became a proper law library in 1882 when Judge Robert MacKay donated of his vast collection of law books, focused on Civil law, to McGill University. Throughout the past century and a half, the library has supported the teaching and research of Law at McGill. At present, Nahum Gelber Law Library is a home to the collection of...
Topic: Nahum Gelber Law
The Marvin Duchow Music Library is one of the most important academic music collections in Canada. The collection consists of over 150,000 volumes of musical scores, sound and video recordings, books and journals, as well as online resources representing all formats. One of the 13 branches of the McGill Library, the Music Library provides resources and services to support the performance, composition, research, and teaching programs of the Schulich School of Music. It also serves the McGill...
xix, 734 pages illustrations, facsimile, genealogical tables 26 cm
Topics: Visitations, Heraldic -- England -- Yorkshire., Yorkshire (England) -- Genealogy., Heraldry --...
McGill University Library
490
490
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1285
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Qūshjī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, -1474 or 1475
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402 pages
Topics: Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -- 1201-1274. -- Tajrīd al-iʻtiqād.,...
xiii, 126 p., 1 l. 28 pl. (incl. front., ports.) 20 cm.
Topics: Women automobile drivers., Women automobile drivers -- History., McGill University Library...
McGill University Library
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1943
1943
by
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194-1250, author
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cx, 637 pages : illustrations (some color), plates ; 29 cm
Topics: Falconry -- Early works to 1800., Falconry -- Bibliography., McGill University Library Digitized...
v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Topics: Christian shrines -- Palestine -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, The...
xxi, [2], 305 pages frontispiece (map) illustrations 20 cm
Topics: English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries., English language -- Dialects -- England -- London.,...
McGill University Library
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1850
1850
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283, author
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8, 584 pages : illustrations ; 32 x 22 cm.
Topics: Cosmography -- Early works to 1800., Geography, Arab -- Early works to 1800., Zoology --...
[4], xl, 496 [i.e. 502], [2] pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
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Topics: Printing -- Specimens., Type and type-founding -- Specimens., McGill University Library Digitized...
McGill University Library
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529
1905
1905
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ʻAlavī Khān, Muḥammad Hāshim, active 1501, author
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644 pages ; 28 cm
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Topics: Medicine, Arab -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions., Medicine, Arabic., McGill University Library...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Topics: Printing -- Specimens., Printers' ornaments -- Specimens., McGill University Library Digitized...
McGill University Library
712
712
1865
1865
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Asʻad Fakhr al-Dīn, called Fakhrī, Jurjānī
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[4], 6, 400, [2], 6, [2] pages.
Topics: Persian poetry -- 747-1500., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Persian poetry -- 747-1500,...
volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm
Topics: McGill University., McGill University Library Digitized Title, The McGill news., The McGill News...
McGill University Library
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04/17
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Frederick S. Tappenden, Carly Daniel-Hughes
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This collection of essays examines how notions of coming back to life shape practices and ideals throughout the ancient Mediterranean. All contributors focus on the common theme of coming back to life as a discursive and descriptive space in which antique peoples construct, maintain, and negotiate the porous boundaries between past and present, mortality and immortality, death and life .
Topics: Future life--Mediterranean Region--Antiquities, Mediterranean Region--Antiquities
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
6 parts : illustrations ; 29 x 22 cm, folded in envelope 24 x 16 cm
Topics: Exercise., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Osler - Robertson Collection, Exercise
McGill University Library
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1874
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Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905; Martin, Sarah Catherine, 1768-1826. Old Mother Hubbard; Crane, Walter, 1845-1915. Absurd ABC
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4 volumes in 1 (8; 8; 8; [8]) leaves : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Topics: Nursery rhymes., Illustrated children's books., Fairy tales., Cats -- Juvenile poetry., Dogs --...
McGill University Library
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1969
1969
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Barker, Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman; Mengal, Aquil Khan; McGill University. Institute of Islamic Studies
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2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Topics: Baluchi language., Baloutchi (Langue) -- Vocabulaires et manuels de conversation., McGill...
40 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Topics: Baking -- Canada., Cooking, Canadian., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Cookbook...
xvi, 768 pages, [34] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations (some color), 4 color portraits, 4 maps ; 28 cm
Topics: Franklin, John, -- 1786-1847 -- Travel -- Arctic regions., Arctic regions -- Discovery and...
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880-01Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān,-1465; 880-04Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd,1213?-1296?Burdah; 880-05Ibn al-Naḥwī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad,approximately 1041-1119 or 1120.Munfarijah
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205 p. :ill. ;21 cm.
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Topics: Islam -- Prayers and devotions., Prayer -- Islam., McGill University Library Digitized Title, RBD...
261 leaves : illustrations ; 35 cm
Topics: Type and type-founding., Printing -- Specimens., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Rare...
McGill University Library
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1899
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Naz̲īr Aḣmad, k̲h̲ān bahādur, -1912; Ward, George Ernest, b. 1837, editor
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li, [1], 371, [1] pages 22 cm
Topics: Conduct of life., Women in India., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Conduct of life,...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
McGill University Library
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1870
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Makāriyūs al-Ramlī; Papadopoulos, Joannes, Protomotarius of the See of Antioch; Yāzijī, Nāṣīf
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260 pages ; 23 cm.
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Topics: Bible. -- Arabic., Apocryphal books., McGill University Library Digitized Title, ", Bible,...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
McGill University Library
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1000
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Franciscans. Commissariat of the Holy Land
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v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Topics: Christian shrines -- Palestine -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, The...
164 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 23 cm
Topics: McGill University Library Digitized Title, Cookbook Collection
McGill University Library
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1669
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Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672; Goyer, Pieter de; Keizer, Jacob de; Ogilby, John, 1600-1676, translator; Schall von Bell, Johann Adam, 1592?-1666; Kircher, Athanasius, 1602-1680. China monumentis ... illustrata; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
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327 (i.e. 307), 18, 106 pages illustrations 40 cm
Topics: China -- Description and travel., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Travel
xi, 457 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Topics: Magic tricks., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Magic tricks
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1959
1959
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Saint Lucia; Lewis, Allen Montgomery
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2 volumes ; 28 cm
Topics: McGill University Library Digitized Title, Nahum Gelber Law
xli, 792 pages ; 29 cm
Topics: Osler, William, -- Sir, -- 1849-1919 -- Library -- Catalogs., McGill University -- Catalogs.,...
480 pages ; 20 cm.
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Topics: Soldiers -- Religious life., Soldiers -- Conduct of life., McGill University Library Digitized...
21 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm
Topics: Cooking (Chocolate), Desserts., Cuisine (Chocolat), McGill University Library Digitized Title,...
volumes : illustrations ; 31 cm
Topics: Printing -- Specimens., Printers' ornaments -- Specimens., McGill University Library Digitized...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
31 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Topics: Baking., Cooking, Canadian., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Cookbook Collection,...
2 preliminary leaves, x, 272 pages, 2 leaves illustrations (including facsimiles) color mounted plates, color mounted portrait 32 x 26 cm
Topics: Wallpaper -- France -- History., Wallpaper, McGill University Library Digitized Title,...
228 pages : frontispiece, portraits ; 31 cm
Topics: McGill University -- Biography., McGill University -- Registres., World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada --...
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1934
1934
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Peake, Frederick Gerard, 1886-
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2 volumes ; 32 cm
Topics: Ethnology -- Jordan., Jordan -- History., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Islamic...
64 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Topics: Cooking, French-Canadian., Cooking -- Québec (Province) -- Gaspé Peninsula., Cooking,...
McGill University Library
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1980
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Jāmī, 1414-1492; Lārī, ʻAbd al-Ghafūr, -1506; Heer, Nicholas; Mūsavī Bihbihānī, ʻAlī
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67, 222, 34, pages [2] folded leaves of plates ; 25 cm.
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Topics: Sufism -- Early works to 1800., God (Islam), McGill University Library Digitized Title, Sufism
McGill University Library
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1922
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Ibn al-Athīr, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1160-1233; Jamīlurraḥmān, Muḥammad
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volumes ; 25 cm.
Topics: Caliphs -- Early works to 1800., Islamic Empire -- History., Arabian Peninsula -- History., McGill...
319 pages ; 26 cm
Topics: Folklore -- Asia., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Large Scale Digitization Initiative,...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
McGill University Library
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ʻAbd al-Razzāq al-Qāshānī, -1330?; Hādīʹzādah, Majīd; International Colloquium on Cordoba and Isfahan, Two Schools of Islamic Philosophy (2002 : Iṣfahān, Iran). Publications of the International Colloquium on Cordoba and Isfahan, Two Schools of Islamic Philosophy, Isfahan, 27-29 April 2002 ; 16.
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726 pages, 12 pages ; 25 cm.
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Topics: Ibn al-ʻArabī, -- 1165-1240. -- Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam., Islam -- Doctrines -- Early works to...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
2 volumes : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits, plans ; 33 cm
Topics: Cards -- History., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Saul Shapiro Collection of...
60, 4 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.
Topics: Clothing and dress -- Patterns., Needlework -- Handbooks, manuals, etc., Sewing -- Handbooks,...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
Vol. 15, no. 5-6, May-July, 1935, not published
Topics: Germany -- Intellectual life -- Periodicals., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Der...
[620] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 35 cm. (Folio)
Topics: Dante Alighieri, -- 1265-1321. -- Divina commedia., Italian poetry -- To 1400., Epic poetry,...
[20], 467, [1] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm (fol.)
Topics: Murder -- Early works to 1800., McGill University Library Digitized Title, Murder
32 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm
Topics: Cooking (Evaporated milk), McGill University Library Digitized Title, Cookbook Collection
McGill University Library
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Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān, -934?; Mīnūchihr, Ḥasan; Muḥaqqiq, Mahdī; Nomoto, Shin; Mujtabavī, Jalāl al-Dīn
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43, 350, 34 pages ; 30 cm.
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Topics: Ismailites -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800., Neoplatonism -- Early works to 1800., McGill...
