Farhad Hakimzadeh, 60, spent eight years carefully cutting out pages and maps from up to 150 rare books ... the British Library, Hakimzadeh carried out similar thefts at the Bodleian Library ...

Claimed to be one of the oldest libraries in Europe and ranked as the top library in England by Tripadvisor 2023, the Bodleian Library ... collections including rare books and manuscripts ...

This exhibition, drawn from the fabulous Ashmolean and Bodleian collections ... On display are a wide range of books, maps, artefacts, runic calendars, prints, sketches, illuminated manuscripts ...