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Collection Thumbnail	Title	Formats	Subjects
	Bibliotheca Homerica Langiana The Bibliotheca Homerica Langiana (BHL), given by M. C. Lang, is a collection of editions and translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey with the goal of tracing their transmission in printed form.	Formats Books & Journals	Subjects Special Collections Classics
	Book Arts Collection The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center holds artists' books, notable bindings, and novel book structures.	Formats Books & Journals	Subjects Arts History of Print Special Collections
	Earl J. Hamilton Collection on the History of Economics The Earl J. Hamilton Collection on the History of Economics contains over 3,000 rare and scholarly titles, with particular strengths in the economy of Spain and the life of John Law of Lauriston.	Formats Books & Journals	Subjects Economics Special Collections European History
	Islamic Lithographs Collection The Islamic Lithographs Collection, acquired by the University of Chicago Library in 2004, consists of approximately 330 nineteenth- to twentieth-century Arabic lithograph printed books, mostly published in Iran and India, through Egypt, Turkey, and the Levant are also represented. Over 200 titles in this collection have been digitized and can be accessed from the Library's online catalog.	Formats Digital Books & Journals	Subjects Arabic Area Studies Islamic Studies Middle East Religion Special Collections
	William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana The 1932 purchase of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana formed the nucleus of the Library's distinguished holdings of books, manuscripts, and artifacts concerning the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The Barton family established an endowment fund that has enabled the University to expand and shape Barton's original 3,500 volume collection into a major resource for exploring the social, economic, and political history of the United States in the nineteenth-century.	Formats Archives & Manuscripts Books & Journals	Subjects American History Special Collections