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ALL COLLECTIONS
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- AHMED IQBAL ULLAH RACE RELATIONS COLLECTION
- BRETHREN COLLECTION
- DANTE COLLECTION
- EARLY PRINTING COLLECTION
- ELIZABETH GASKELL COLLECTION
- GENIZAH COLLECTION
- GUARDIAN COLLECTION
- HEBRAICA COLLECTION
- LIBRARY PUBLICATIONS COLLECTION
- MAPS COLLECTION
- MARY HAMILTON PAPERS
- MEDIEVAL COLLECTION
- METHODIST COLLECTION
- NASHRIYAH: DIGITAL IRANIAN HISTORY آرش…
- NON-CONFORMIST COLLECTION
- PAPYRI COLLECTION
- PETERLOO COLLECTION
- PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION
- RYLANDS COLLECTION
- THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER HISTORY & HERITAGE
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Library Digital Collections
The University library has significant holdings relating to the early development of printing in Europe. Our collection of over 4000 incunables (books printed with movable metal type before 1501) encompasses the earliest examples of printing including Johann Gutenberg in Mainz and William Caxton at Westminster among others.
The collection also features a large number of block books (‘xylographica’) and prints. These are short books printed from wooden blocks on which the text and illustration for each page is cut by hand.