Explore the Miami-Dade Public Library System's Rare and Antiquarian Book Collection
Celebrating National Book Month

10/21/22

By: M. M.

From a metal alligator sculpture to historical photographs, artwork, maps and more, the Digital Collections of the Miami-Dade Public Library System contain 25,000 items that represent the vast diversity of the people and artifacts that make Florida so unique. 

As we celebrate National Book Month in October, we want to highlight the rare and limited-edition books in the Library's Rare and Antiquarian Book Collection that have been digitized, making these priceless artifacts more accessible to the public. Some of our digitized books include: 

Alachua: The Garden County of Florida

History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

The Dade County Environmental Story

Short tales on Cuban history

Touched by AIDS

Botanical charts

Some books in the Digital Collections are one-of-a-kind original pieces from the Library’s Permanent Art Collection including sketchbooks, chronicles and artist diaries:

Edwin Villasmil: Cuaderno 1

Emilio Sánchez: Greece 1981 Mykonos

Purvis Young: Gazette of the World

The fascinating materials in the Library’s Special Collections and Archives Division include dime novels from 1860 to 1920, which resemble magazines with short stories.

Young Rover Library 

The Liberty Boys of “76”

Beadle’s Frontier Series

For more information on the wonderful finds in the Digital Collections, click here.