Explore our Collections
Acquired over the last 200 years, largely by bequest and donation, the Special Collections include over 35,000 printed works, 8 medieval manuscripts, around 100 post medieval manuscripts, and 69 incunables.
To find books in the Special Collections only, limit your search to ‘Roderic Bowen Library and Archives’ (RBLA).
Explore the Collections
Bishop Thomas Burgess Collection
Bishop Thomas Burgess (1756-1837) bequeathed to St David’s College, Lampeter, his personal library of some 9,000 volumes.
Bowdler Tracts
A tract has been defined as ‘a piece of religious or political propaganda; or a short treatise on a single subject.’ Cheap to print and to purchase.
Thomas Phillips
The East-India Company surgeon, Thomas Phillips (1760-1851), gave 22 500 volumes to St David’s College, Lampeter, between 1834 and 1851.
Jazz Heritage Collection
The Jazz Heritage Wales Collection is held in Swansea and is the oldest multi-media jazz archive in the UK.