4 Devonshire Place
Massey College
Toronto, ON M5S 2E1
MA | Building #034
The Robertson Davies Library has developed special collections in the history of the book focusing on the technical aspects of the book arts including the history, practice and technique of printing, illustration, typography, graphic arts, papermaking and binding from the late 18th century through to the mid 20th century.
In addition, we have a teaching collection of five working nineteenth-century iron hand presses, three clamshell presses, and many examples of metal type and ornaments. Classes and demonstrations in hand-printing and bibliography are held in the library’s Bibliography Room by the College Printer, and student Printing Fellows for the University of Toronto’s Book History and Print Culture Collaborative Program, the English department, the Faculty of Information and the Faculty of Music in addition to students from typography and design programs at colleges in the Toronto area.