Special Collections Library
Book Collections
James Birchfield
Curator, Rare Books
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American Literature: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass (Brooklyn, 1855) Portrait frontispiece of Walt Whitman -
Americana: Lewis & Clark, History of the Expedition (Philadelphia, 1814) -
Binding by Maria Louisa Darby, of Princeton, Kentucky, Obsequiale Augustense (1487) -
British Literature: Robert Burns, Poems (Kilmarnock) (1786) -
Cortot Musicology Collection: Pietro Cerone, El Melopeo (Naples, 1613) 
Incunabula: Dante, La Commedia (Venice, 1477) Detail of drawn capitals.-
Mexicana: Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Van de Desseos (Puebla, 1642) -
Milton Collection: John Milton, Paradise Lost (London, 1668) -
Modern Fine Printing: Johann Hoelderlin, Gedichte (Lexington, 1949), portrait and printing by Victor Hammer -
Printing History: Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia (Venice, 1545)
American Literature: Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
Americana: Lewis & Clark, History of the Expedition
Binding by Maria Louisa Darby
British Literature: Robert Burns, Poems
Cortot Musicology Collection: Pietro Cerone, El Melopeo
Incunabula: Dante, La Commedia
Mexicana: Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, Van de Desseos
Milton Collection: John Milton, Paradise Lost
Modern Fine Printing: Johann Hoelderlin, Gedichte
Printing History: Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia