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David Nolan Collection

Tasso from David Nolan Collection

1820 edition of Tasso’s epic poem of the First Crusade, La Gerusalemme Liberata

UCD Library Special Collections holds the David Nolan collection.

The Collection

  • David Nolan was a former Professor of Italian in UCD.
  • This collection, which is of almost 400 items, is focused on early editions of the works of Torquato Tasso including seven 16th century imprints, the earliest being 1586.
  • It was originally deposited in 1983-4 and bequeathed to UCD in 2008.

Access and Use

The collections can be consulted by the students and staff of UCD, and by external users, in the Special Collections Reading Room.

More Information

Find material in the collection:
  • Use The Library Catalogue  to key in David Nolan
  • When you get a results screen select Special Collections from Location option in the left panel

UCD Special Collections

James Joyce Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
T: +353 1 716 7149 | E: special.collections@ucd.ie