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Monro Collection

frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Browne from Monro 128

An almost complete collection of the printed editions of the works of the 17th-century physician, Sir Thomas Browne, probably best known as the author of Religio medici. 289 volumes bequeathed by Thomas Kirkpatrick Monro (1865-1958), Regius Professor of the Practice of Medicine at Glasgow University.

Finding aids and descriptions

All the Monro records have been incorporated into the main Library catalogue. Browse through a list of titles, or search the catalogue in the usual way.
Sir Geoffrey Keynes, A bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd ed. (Oxford, 1968). Copies in the Monro Collection are identified by the symbol "GUL".
See also the Religio Medici July 2002 book of the month article featuring Monro 1 (with reference to other books in the collection)

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