The Library and Archives
The Academy Library and Archives is internationally recognized for its extraordinarily rare and historic books, journals, art, artifacts, manuscripts, photographs, and the unique papers and research of Academy members and staff. The Library holds more than 250,000 volumes published from the 1500s to the present, while the Archives contain well over a million items, including manuscripts, correspondence, field notebooks, films, journals, and photographs.
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The Philosophical Transactions
What was the first journal in the world strictly devoted to science?
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Of Diverse Coloration and Extraordinary Form
What is one of the rarest and most famous natural history books known…with a copy in the Academy's Library?
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Gesner's Historiae Animalium
What magnum opus contains comprehensive information on animals - and a few mythological beasts?
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Cope's Bible
What is the thickest book in the Academy's Library & Archives?
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