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Special Collections and Archives
Rare Books and Manuscripts
The Special Collections and Archives Department maintains the Library's rare and historical materials. Our rare books include early printed works, ranging from the fifteenth century copy of Justinian's Pandectorum, one of the first generation of texts produced with the printing press and known as Incunabula, to late nineteenth century American state reports and codes. Special Collections houses historical legal texts from Great Britain, Ireland, France, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other nations. It is truly an international collection.
Several manuscript collections in law from the 17th through the 20th centuries are also kept in Special Collections, among them the manuscript notes of John Scott, Lord Eldon, and the Papers of Judge Oliver Gasch.
For further information, feel free to contact Laura Bedard, Special Collections Librarian, at 202-662-9172, or by email at bedard@law.georgetown.edu.