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Rare Materials

General

The Antonio V. del Rosario Heritage Library contains a collection of almost 30,000 volumes with a total of less than 5,000 titles covering a broad spectrum of knowledge like treatises on Philosophy, Civil and Canon law, Theology, Sciences, History, Music and the Arts from the 15th to the 19th century. Many of these books are written in Latin, while some are written in vernacular languages like Italian, French, German and Spanish. The collection came from the old University. Other books were donated by Dominican priests, private individuals, and gifts of missionaries who worked in the Philippines. Majority of the books were published and printed in Europe.

Filipiniana Rare

The Filipiniana rare collections are books, periodicals and other materials about the Philippines printed as early as 1600s, 1700s, 1800s and 1900s regardless of authorship, language used and the place of publication. Filipiniana materials of limited edition published during the Spanish , American and Japanese occupations until the year of the liberation, 1945.

Spanish Collections

The Spanish collections are housed in the Spanish section located at the 4th floor of the Central Library building. Its main objective is to preserve the collection in the Spanish language (mainly 20th century). The collection includes books on the Arts, Humanities, Philosophy, History, Literature, Law, Pharmacy and Medicine. Although students of Spanish are the main users of this section, it also accommodates all bonafide students of the University and other qualified researchers.