Pompeii Resources in University of Maryland Libraries  

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Maryland Room
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Hornbake Library

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Located on the first floor of the Hornbake Library, the Maryland Room provides access to many Special Collections, including the Rare Books Collection. Please visit our webpage for more information about our collections and about visiting us. 

Books in the Maryland Room are non-circulating, and can only be viewed in the Maryland Room.

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• Maryland Room, in Hornbake Library
• Rare Books Collection
• University of Maryland Libraries

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This guide was created by Melissa House. You may contact her here.

Welcome to the Maryland Room's guide on Pompeii!

This guide provides a listing of materials avilable in the Maryland Room relating to the ancient city of Pompeii. The intention of this guide is to lead researchers down a path that they might other wise not have found, and to highlight some of the items that the Maryland Room has related to Pompeii.

 It is important to note that the Maryland Room is not the only place to find resources on Pompeii and related subject matter!  Other libraries that have a large amount of books on Pompeii include the McKeldin Library, the Art Library, and the Architecture Library.

Use the tabs at the top of the page to access information and library holdings on several subjects:

• Pompeii
  • The City of Pompeii
  • Art Related
  • Gardens
    
• Herculaneum
• Vesuvius
• Wilhelmina Jashemski
• Other Pompeii Resources at UMD

Click on the titles to be taken to the UM library catalog record for that item to learn more about the available resources (such as publisher information, descriptions, and notes).  All books are arranged by language (first English, then foreign languages including French, Italian, and German).  Books are then organized by the century of publication.

All images in this guide have been scanned from books in the Rare Books Collection, unless otherwise noted.

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  • Use the suggested subject headings identified on each page to assist you with your searches!
    
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