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King’s College London Libraries and Collections
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King's College London Archives and Special Collections
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King’s College London Libraries and Collections
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Description
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King’s Libraries offer a huge multidisciplinary information resource base including over 1.2 million printed books and ebooks; more than 60,000 journals, reference tools, statistical data, official publications, maps, music scores, multimedia resources, photographs and manuscripts, as well as Archives (5 million items) and Special Collections of international standing.
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![Handel, Coronation anthem : for the voice, harpsichord or piano forte [1801-1806] [Rare books Coll.] ; FOL. M1497 KEN](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/75c1c6212d60fa71d98ff0ab133ebaf8ed40e7bb.jpg)
![Portrait of Florence Nightingale ca. 1900 [College Archives RBNA P279]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/1d776718390968638f95bb84c78e1c3b4fb34e9a.jpg)
![Hand-coloured lithograph of a camel conveying a bride to her husband. From: GF Lyon. A narrative of travels in northern Africa in the years 1818, 19, and 20. London: John Murray, 1821 [FCDO Historical Collection FOL. DT219 LYO] See section 8 of this online exhibition.](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/d7bf850401cfe418ab04d79947fa0d2b78eac631.jpg)
![Horton Kirby Paper Works, South Darenth, Kent. From: Orient Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Illustrated guide of the Orient Line of steamers between England & Australia. London: Maclure & Macdonald, [1883?] [FCDO Historical Collection OVERSIZE HE601.G73 ORI] See section 4 of this online exhibition.](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/2cae32c5b5c8347568121fd43669dae2cf3036fa.jpg)
![Photogravure of portrait of Lister, aged 68, from original painting by John Henry Lorimer (1856-1936). Published by Swan Electric Engraving Company [King’s College London Archives LISTER 2/2]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/3adecf001cdc87241671fca915b7d88114d51367.jpg)
![The cerebrum receiving sensations as depicted in William B Carpenter's Principles of mental physiology, with their applications to the training and discipline of the mind, and the study of its morbid conditions. London: Henry S King, 1874 [Institute of Psychiatry Historical Collection h/Car]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/8c8d001aded801b8fd0c539f5ed5ce91228df913.jpg)
![Part of Horwood’s map showing Hoxton Square. From: Richard Horwood. Plan of the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark and parts adjoining, shewing every house. London: publishes as the Act directs, by R Horwood, May 24 1799 [Rare Books Collection OVERSIZE G1819.L7 HOR]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/748e43afc076220af9827732bcf045e312113fe9.jpg)
![A team of African microscopists at work. From: Great Britain. Central Office of Information. London: published by His Majesty“s Stationery Office, 1949 [FCDO Historical Collection OVERSIZE DA11 GRE]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/8e42cb0992273b2ce8f3dee7d7dcca0f5f174cc1.jpg)
![Colour lithograph showing examples of species from six different countries. From: Elizabeth Twining. Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions. London: Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1868 [Early Science Collection QK98 TWI]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/30f22231a3b5bbfa210f88ac8567ad4cb83f49f0.jpg)
![Droeshuot’s portrait of William Shakespeare. From: Israel Gollancz. A book of homage to Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1916 [Miscellaneous Collection FOL. PR2925 G58]](https://exhibitions.london.ac.uk/files/square/bf03a95e07c55f4bd181e5d13bcea030501342ee.jpg)
