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The Old Library

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The Old Library was built around 1775, when the Irish College was a seminary.The collection consists of almost 8,000 volumes written or published between the 15th and 19th centuries : books about theology, history, philosophy… used for the training of the seminarians.
A number of books contain noteworthy details and different types of decorations such as engravings, frontispieces, illustrations, lithographs, maps, photographs, plates, portraits or other decorations. Click on each of the terms above to see the list of relevant books.