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University of Toronto - Robarts Library

The John P. Robarts Research Library, commonly referred to as Robarts Library, is the main humanities and social sciences library of the University of Toronto Libraries and the largest individual library in the university.

Opened in 1973 and named for John Robarts, the 17th Premier of Ontario, the library contains more than 4.5 million bookform items, 4.1 million microform items and 740,000 other items.

The library building is one of the most significant examples of brutalist architecture in North America. Its towering main structure rests on an equilateral triangular footprint and features extensive use of triangular geometric patterns throughout.

It forms the main component of a three-tower complex that also includes the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and the Claude Bissel Building, which houses the Faculty of Information. The library's imposing appearance has earned it the nickname of Fort Book.

Comprising fourteen storeys, plus two underground floors, the brutalist and futurist structure features raised podia and a suspended fourth floor. A mezzanine level physically connects Robarts Library to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library building at its southeastern side, and to the Claude Bissel Building, housing the Faculty of Information, at its northeastern side.

The concrete waffle slab floor plates are adorned with triangular-patterned tessellation. A hexagonal central circulation atrium is enclosed at the core of the building and through the middle of the mezzanine level. The gross area of the building is over 1,036,000 square feet.


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genealogy 4,584
Bible 2,156
Art 949
Economics 905
Law 811
Jews 769
Theology 592
Education 549
Judaism 506
Socialism 495
Ethics 467
Geography 446
History 398
Religion 364
Sermons 338
Theater 263
Folklore 246
Logic 243
Roman law 230
Islam 226
Homer 223
Music 222
Operas 215
Statutes 214
Biography 208
Russia 204
Finance 199
Teaching 195
Ethnology 192
Treaties 190
Painting 179
Sociology 169
Commerce 166
Jesuits 158
Aristotle 157
Money 149
War 147
Archives 146
Canada 146
Science 144
Poetry 137
Plato 135
Business 125
Books 124
Mythology 124
Women 124
Democracy 120
Canon law 118
Railroads 118
French 115
Missions 113
Talmud 113
Koran 112
Wages 112
Crusades 111
LANGUAGE
English 100,050
French 37,008
German 29,323
Spanish 8,875
Italian 8,462
Latin 4,828
Portuguese 2,638
Russian 2,296
Czech 1,675
Turkish 1,658
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by Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953
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Topic: Aerial photography
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by Bridgman, George Brant, 1864-1943
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Topic: Anatomy, Artistic
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by Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
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by Vatsyayana; Kama Shastra Society of London and Benares
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Topic: Love
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Superseded by Royal Historical Society. Publications. Camden third series
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by Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912
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Topics: Botany -- Great Britain, Wild flowers -- Great Britain Identification
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by Sun-tzu, 6th cent. B.C; Giles, Lionel, 1875-1958
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Topic: Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
La clavicula de Salomón -- Invocaciones, pactos y exorcismos -- El dragón rojo y la cabra infernal -- La gallina negra, escuela de sortilegios -- El gran grimorio o el pacto de sangre ; Candela Mágica para descubrir encantamientos -- Recopilación de la magia caldea y egipcia, filtros, encantamientos, hechicerías y sortilegios
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Topics: Occultism, Witchcraft
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Topic: Latin language -- Dictionaries
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Topic: English language -- Synonyms and antonyms
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by Fletcher, Banister, 1833-1899; Fletcher, Banister, Sir, 1866-1953
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Topic: Architecture -- History
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by Satow, Ernest Mason, Sir, 1843-1929; Ishibashi, Masakata; Hobart-Hampden, E. M. (Ernest Miles), 1864-; Parlett, Harold G. (Harold George), Sir, 1869-
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Topics: Japanese language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Japanese
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Topics: Spanish language, English language
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Topics: United States -- Genealogy, England -- Emigration and immigration, United States -- Biography,...
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by Burton, William, 1863-; Hobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart), 1872-1941
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Topic: Pottery -- Marks
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by Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944; Sutton, E. W. (Edward William), b. 1871
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Topics: Oratory, Rhetoric, Ancient
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by Bellows, John, 1831-1902; Bellows, Wiilliam
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Topics: French language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries French
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by Becker, Sarah Cary; Mora, Federico, 1847-1926
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Topic: Spanish language -- Idioms
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by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
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With: Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus / by the author of The last man, Perkin Warbeck, &c. &c. London : H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831
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by Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1871-1928
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Includes bibliographical references
Topics: Gentry -- Ireland, Heraldry -- Ireland
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by Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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Topics: Knights and knighthood, Nobility -- Great Britain, Orders of knighthood and chivalry
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by Nesfield, John Collinson
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Part I. Parsing and analysis.- Part II. Composition: Force and propriety of diction.- Part III. Enlargement of vocabulary: Figures of speech.- Part IV. Prose and poetry.- Part V. History of the language
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Topics: English language -- Composition, English language -- Grammar
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by Yates, William, 1792-1845
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Topic: Urdu language -- Dictionaries English
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by Robinson, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1861-1925
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Topics: Hausa language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Hausa
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Topics: Canada. Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919, World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada
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Topics: Mahabharata, Puranas -- Dictionaries
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by Robinson, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1861-1925
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Topics: Hausa language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Hausa
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Topics: Latin language -- Idioms, English language -- Dictionaries Latin
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by Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867; Scott, Cyril, 1879-1970
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by Unamuno, Miguel de, 1864-1936
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by Casalis, A. (Alfred)
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Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Sotho
Works used in the preparation of this dictionary: p. [lxxvii]-xcvi
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Topic: Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic Dictionaries
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by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530; Beveridge, Annette Susannah, 1842-1929
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"Writings based upon or relating to Babur's": p. l-li
Topics: Jagataic language -- Texts and translations, India -- History, Mogul Empire
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Topic: Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries English
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Topics: Palatines -- United States, Huguenots -- New York (State), Salzburgers -- Georgia, Names, Personal...
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Topics: Sanskrit language -- Dictionaries English, English language -- Dictionaries Sanskrit
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by Germany. Statutes. Handelsgesetzbuch; Schuster, Alfred Felix
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Translation of Handelsgesetzbuch, 1897
Topic: Commercial law
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by James, William, 1842-1910
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Topic: Psychology
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by Guptill, Arthur Leighton, 1891-1956
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Topics: Pencil drawing, Drawing -- Study and teaching, Architectural drawing
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Topics: Quotations, Arabic, Quotations, Persian
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by Madan, Arthur Cornwallis, 1846-
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Topic: Swahili language -- Dictionaries English
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by Fehlinger, Hans, 1874-
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Bibliography: p. [128]-133
Topics: Primitive societies, Sexual ethics, Sex
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by Greaves, Edwin
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Topic: Hindustani language -- Grammar
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Topic: Kannada language -- Grammar
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Topic: Tulu language -- Dictionaries
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by British Museum. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts; Barnett, Lionel D. (Lionel David), 1871-1960; Pope, George Uglow, 1820-1908
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Topic: Tamil literature -- Bibliography
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Topics: Quotations, Latin, Quotations, Greek
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by Vijayarjendrasri, fl. 1890-1900; Dpavijaya, Muni; Yatindravijaya, Muni; Bhpendrasri
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Prakrit and Sanskrit; introductory matter in Hindi
Topic: Prakrit languages
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by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892; Rolfe, W. J. (William James), 1827-1910
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Topics: Great Britain. Army, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
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Topic: Law reports, digests, etc. -- India
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Topic: Composition (Art)
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Topic: India -- Biography
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Topics: Devon (England) -- History, Devon (England) -- Gazetteers, Devon (England) -- Directories, Exeter...
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Topic: English language -- Slang Dictionaries
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Topics: Registers of births, etc, Maryland -- Census
Topics: Huguenots -- Great Britain, Huguenots -- Ireland, French -- Ireland
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Topic: English language -- Dictionaries Persian
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by Johnson, Francis, 1796?-1876; Meni*nski, Franciszek, 1623-1698; Richardson, John, 1741-1811?; Wilkins, Charles, Sir, 1750-1836
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Topic: Persian language -- Polyglot
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by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
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by Acharya, Prasanna Kumar, 1890-
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First ed. published in 1927 under title: Dictionary of Hindu architecture
Topics: Architecture, Hindu -- Dictionaries, Architecture -- India Dictionaries
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by Clédat, Léon, 1851-1930
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Topic: French language -- Dictionaries
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by Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Rackham, H. (Harris), 1868-1944
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Topic: Real property -- Great Britain
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Topic: Russian language -- Dictionaries English
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by Hepburn, J. C. (James Curtis), 1815-1911
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Topic: Japanese language -- Dictionaries
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by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
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Topics: Arabic language, Arabic language
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by Ercolani, Libero
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Topics: Italian language -- Dialects Romagna, Italian language -- Dictionaries
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Topics: Art, Japanese, Legends -- Japan
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by Ey, Louise, 1854-
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Topics: Portuguese language -- Grammar 1870-, Portuguese language -- Conversation and phrase books
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Ceased publication?
Topic: Pennsylvania -- History Sources