Cambridge University Library
Cambridge, United Kingdom. Founded 1416.
- Type: University
- City: Cambridge
- Country: United Kingdom
- Founded: 1416
Overview
First recorded in 1416, the University Library at Cambridge holds around 10 million books and maps as a legal deposit library since 1710. The 1934 tower keeps a mile of 19th century popular fiction once deemed unworthy of the main stacks. Its manuscripts range from Anglo Saxon charters to the papers of Newton and Darwin, both Cambridge men.
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