Special Collections
Special Collections at the Jacob Burns Law Library preserves more than 16,000 important legal works from the fifteenth through nineteenth centuries. Its French Collection is one of the largest assemblages of early French law in the United States, and includes more than eight hundred coutumiers and commentaries on French customary law. The Incunabula Collection, whose works cover subjects including canon law, Roman law, witchcraft trials, customary law, and feudal law, comprises more than one hundred incunabula (books printed before 1501 with movable type) printed in France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. Other significant areas of Special Collections include church-state relations, Roman and canon law, international law with an extensive collection of the works of Grotius, and early American statutes and practitioner guides.
Collection Information
View a description of the many materials this Collection encompasses, as well as, information on using and supporting Special Collections.
Archives
View a video oral history and learn more about the Dembling NASA and Government Procurement Collection - a gift donated by Paul G. Dembling, Esq.
French Collection
Explore the holdings of this collection including information about its development.
Incunabula
Learn more about the treasures of the collection.
A Legal Miscellanea
A Newsletter for the Friends of the Jacob Burns Law Library, highlighting the Library's collections, services, recent acquisitions, events and exhibits.
Read