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printed in 1759, the year of first publication. The Taylorian also owns one of the only two known copies of the first edition of
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The Taylor Institution was established in 1845, funded largely by a bequest from the estate of the notable
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to Foscolo and Futurist manifestos. The Spanish and Portuguese collections contain early editions of
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authors stars the only complete collection in the world of all the French editions of
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lacked space, the Taylorian was initially used to house things as varied as
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The library serves, for the greater part, those studying for the degree of
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to accommodate the institution and the University Galleries (now the
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The library holds many world-class collections. Its holdings in
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The institution and its library are found in the east wing of a
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Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
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Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature
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and Honours School instituted in Oxford.) Since the
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Martyrs' Memorial
51°45′19″N 1°15′36″W / 51.7554°N 1.2600°W / 51.7554; -1.2600
St Giles', Oxford
United Kingdom
Academic library
Taylor Institution Library
Taylorian is located in Oxford city centre
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Oxford University
languages of Europe
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
Annual Lecture on a subject of Foreign Literature
architect
Sir Robert Taylor
Medieval and Modern Languages Faculty
Bodleian Library
Stubbs
Hope
neo-classical building
St Giles'
Charles Cockerell
Ashmolean Museum
T.H. Hughes
Bachelor of Arts
Master's degrees
DPhil
Oxford University
French
German

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