Monro Collection consists of about 400 printed medical books and manuscripts owned in turn, and added to, by a father (primus 1697-1767), son (secundus 1733-1817), and grandson (tertius 1773-1859) – all of whom were called Alexander Monro. They were all medical doctors, and held the Chair of Anatomy at Edinburgh University. In 1929, the collection was transferred to the Otago Medical School, a gift facilitated by the grandson of Alexander Monro tertius, Dr Charles Monro Hector (d. 1935), a resident of New Zealand. This volume was written by Monro primus, and the published work has been interleaved so manuscript notes could be added by the author.]]> Alexander Monro]]> Books]]> tertius (1773-1859) held the Chair of Anatomy at Edinburgh University for about 50 years, initially in tandem with his father, Monro secundus. Tertius’s reputation as a teacher was not great, which was perhaps an unfair assessment. However, Charles Darwin was a student of his, and lamented Monro’s ‘dull’ teaching style, and dirty habit. This volume contains various publications bound together. The plate showing a child with hydrocephaly accompanies one of Monro tertius’s many publications. Interestingly, during his career, he dissected the corpse of the ‘body snatcher’, William Burke (1792-1829), and afterwards wrote a letter in Burke’s blood.]]> Alexander Monro, Jun.]]> Books]]> secundus and tertius. One of his students, Sir Astley Cooper (1768-1841) described him as a ‘good anatomist’ but a ‘horrid lecturer’. The front pastedown of this volume contains an inscription which reads ‘Alexr Monro MD/ Craiglockhart/James Monro/a present from his Papa 1822’. James (1806-1870) and his brother, David (1813-77) both became doctors. David emigrated to New Zealand in 1841, which is how the Monro Collection came to be housed here in Dunedin.]]> Andrew Fyfe]]> Books]]> Mellor Collection came to Special Collections in 1945, and it includes books, manuscripts, diagrams, correspondence, and photographs, amongst other things. Emma Mellor gifted other items to various institutions in Dunedin at the same time.]]> University of New Zealand]]> Certificates]]> Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, which he wrote in 16 volumes over 20 years. In total, the set contained about 16-million words. Apart from writing, Mellor also taught at North Staffordshire Technical College, was a foundational member of the British Ceramic Society, undertook his own research mainly in ceramics technology, and set exams for students in various institutions around the world. Here are some of Mellor’s notes for a new edition of Modern Inorganic Chemistry, first published in 1912.]]> Joseph Mellor]]> Manuscripts]]> John L. Russell & Sons (London)]]> Photographs]]> Mellor Collection does not contain any original ‘Uncle Joe’ letters, Uncle Joe’s Nonsense contains many of the letters in print and was published by the Ceramic Society in 1934. This page recounts a ‘dream’ Mellor had on a bus when a fellow passenger accused him of being a thief.]]> J. W. Mellor]]> Books]]> Erotica and Folio Society Collections to Special Collections. There are over 1000 volumes, and at this stage, about three-quarters of them have been catalogued. This volume, on display, highlights Eastern erotica.]]> Edited and introduced by Charles Fowkes]]> Books]]> eros, and over the centuries many familiar literary names have taken up the pen to write their own version of the genre: Sappho (6th cent. BC), Catullus (1st cent. BC), Peter Abelard (1079-1142), François Rabelais (1494-1553), Aphra Behn (1640-89), Robert Burns (1759-96), George Sand (1804-76), Colette (1873-1954), and William S. Burroughs (1914-97), to name a few. The image on the front of this anthology is from a painting by English artist, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), and depicts the Greek and Roman legend of Hylas being enraptured by the water nymphs.]]> Edited by Derek Parker]]> Books]]> Folio Society Collection was a working collection, used for teaching and reference. Here is Rose Macaulay's The Towers of Trebizond.]]> Rose Macaulay]]> Books]]> Twenty-One Tales.]]> Rudyard Kipling]]> Books]]> Stack Collection in Special Collections has a somewhat uninspiring name, which belies its very interesting contents. The collection contains post-1800 volumes, about 4000 books in total, made up of transfers from other libraries and general stack, donations, and purchases. Within the collection there are smaller collections of books, most notably books by or associated with John Evelyn (d. 1706), John Locke (d. 1704), Robert Graves (d. 1985), and Eric Gill (d. 1940). There is an assortment from commentaries to guide books, to modern literature and art books. This small Touring Club Italiano guidebook is the regional guide to Umbria, in the middle of the Italian boot. It contains detailed maps, accommodation recommendations, and places to visit.]]> Touring Club Italiano]]> Books]]> Stack Collection’s parameters of including only post-1800 published volumes, this small, decorative Penguin book, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, makes the cut. First published in 1792, this edition was published in 2004 as part of Penguin’s ‘Great Ideas’ series. It is number 11 of 20, all featuring a stunning cover in red, white, and black. Other titles in the series include Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, and Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own.]]> Mary Wollstonecraft]]> Books]]> Oxford University Press General Catalogue, is part of de Beer’s Locke Collection, a collection within the Stack. Esmond and his sisters, Dora and Mary, established a fund to provide ongoing support to Special Collections, and many books have been donated by, or once owned by, Esmond or members of his extended family.]]> Oxford University Press]]> Catalogs]]> The Hunting of the Snark. It was the result of the work of Auckland printer, Tara McLeod and Dunedin artist, David Elliot. The Stack Collection contains a copy of each year’s Printer in Residence programme output alongside private press editions from around the world.]]> Lewis Carroll]]> Private Press]]> Pulp Fiction Collection from an Australian collector. The 850 ‘pop culture’ volumes were acquired to counter but also to complement the older book collections. There are detective novels, westerns, science fiction, sports novels and romances, most of which were published in Australia.]]> Stella Stirling]]> Magazines]]> Fred Fastier Science Fiction Collection contains many classics, and noted SF authors such as Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin, among others. It has proved to be an excellent addition to Special Collections holdings.]]> Jules Verne]]> Books]]> Astounding Stories magazine, first published in 1930. After graduating with a PhD in experimental psychology from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Salive moved to Auckland in 1972. He continued his SF collecting, and he became one of New Zealand’s early adopters of Commodore 64 computer technology. In 2013, Salive’s wife, Rachel, donated the 2500-volume Hal Salive Science Fiction Collection to Special Collections. It is a fine legacy, and a valuable asset.]]> Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr]]> Magazines]]>