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Treasures of Palace Green Library

Three people study a copy of Shakespeare’s first folio at Palace Green Library.

Palace Green Library is home to 100,000 books and over 100 medieval manuscripts, as well as important and diverse archives. This selection of highlights from the collection includes an Ancient Egyptian letter, rare editions of the Nuremburg Chronicle and Thomas More’s Utopia, plus ornate works by Francis Bacon and William Morris.