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Digital Collections
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天経或問 (Tianjing huowen; Tenkei wakumon; Some questions about astronomy)
Early books on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
[Medieval fragments
"Fragments" is the term used to describe the surviving parts of what used to be a whole book.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15124 "Medieval fragments")
[John Job Crew Bradfield collection
The materials were created by Dr. J.J.C. Bradfield, the first University of Sydney PhD in Engineering. He is known for the design and construction of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/15074 "John Job Crew Bradfield collection")
[NSW Bookstall Company
Original artwork and illustrations for books published by the NSW Bookstall Company held by the University of Sydney Library.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/14843 "NSW Bookstall Company")
[Fore-edge Paintings
Fore-edge paintings were created by fanning out the pages of the book and then clamping them to create an angled surface for the artist to paint on.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/14687 "Fore-edge Paintings")
De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books)
[浮世絵 Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock prints
Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) or "floating world" is a genre of Japanese art popularly used to depict life during the peaceful Edo period](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/13868 "浮世絵 Ukiyo-e: Japanese woodblock prints")
Virginia Woolf's personal copy of The Voyage Out
[The Allan E. Bax collection
19th century ships' logs and other documents relating to maritime history and shipping.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/13640 "The Allan E. Bax collection")
Blackacre - University of Sydney Law School Yearbook
Faculty of Medicine Senior Yearbooks
The history of the University of Sydney
Berckelman collection of glass plate negatives, 1920-1935
Watercolour drawings of Agaricaceae
[The Quartier Latin
The Quartier Latin was a modernist journal devoted to the arts](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/8376 "The Quartier Latin")
[Medieval and Early Modern collection
Manuscripts and printed works from the Medieval and Early Modern period](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/8299 "Medieval and Early Modern collection")
[Donovan's Insects
Donovan's illustrations were the first European recordings of the entomology of India and Australia.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/8231 "Donovan's Insects")
[University of Sydney Statistics, 1950 - 2009
Statistics from 1950 - 2009 about the staff, students, and courses of the University of Sydney](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/8208 "University of Sydney Statistics, 1950 - 2009")
[Sydney Harbour Bridge construction
Items related to the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1870 - 1929](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7689 "Sydney Harbour Bridge construction")
Online jigsaw puzzles from our collections
[Evelyn Nicholson’s trip to Australia, 1897.
Evelyn Nicholson was the daughter in law of Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, one of the founders of Sydney University. This is the diary that Nicolson kept during a honeymoon voyage to Austral...](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7536 "Evelyn Nicholson’s trip to Australia, 1897.")
[Dante's Divine Comedy with Giorgione illustration and death notice
In 2017, Library staff discovered a red chalk sketch by Giorgione and a notice for his death in this 1497 edition of Dante's Divine Comedy](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7500 "Dante's Divine Comedy with Giorgione illustration and death notice ")
[Annotated first edition copy of Newton's Principia
The University of Sydney copy is one of only four known first edition copies that were sent by Newton and his assistant Roger Cotes to other mathematicians for peer review](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7166 "Annotated first edition copy of Newton's Principia")
[Hermes : an undergraduate's magazine
The USU has proudly published Hermes since 1886, making it Australia’s oldest literary journal.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6395 "Hermes : an undergraduate's magazine")
[Honi Soit
Honi Soit, the University of Sydney’s student newspaper, has been published by the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) since 1929](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6394 "Honi Soit")
[Journal of a voyage to New South Wales
With sixty-five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6393 "Journal of a voyage to New South Wales ")
[Liturgical Manuscripts
The Library’s collection of Spanish liturgical music manuscripts includes the Lamentations of Jeremiah, several graduals, antiphonals, kyriales, tropers and two rare processionals.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6933 "Liturgical Manuscripts")
[Sydney College of the Arts Archive
A unique collection of contemporary visual art that showcases the scholarly research of SCA staff, students and alumni](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6927 "Sydney College of the Arts Archive")
[Cosme Colony Collection
is a collection of documents, personal papers, photographs and realia relating to the New Australia Colony and Cosme Colony held in Rare Books and Special Collections.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/6392 "Cosme Colony Collection")
Archaeological Fish-bone Images
[Joseph Henry Maiden Botanical Texts
A collection devoted to pioneering botanical texts and images.](https://digital.library.sydney.edu.au/nodes/view/7534 "Joseph Henry Maiden Botanical Texts ")
[eFlora
An interactive, dichotomous key to all species of vascular plants in the Sydney Region](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au "eFlora")
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