Five rare pamphlets from the Library of the House of Representatives
The Library of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians. One o...
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Five Characteristic Political Cartoons from the House of Representatives
The collection of the Dutch House of Representatives has approximately 5,000 political cartoons stored on its shelves. It is a part of a collection that has har...
Five Fine Bindings from the Library of the House of Representatives
The collection of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians. Th...
The postal map of Jacob Quack
On the final day of my fellowship at Trinity Long Room Hub I casually scrolled through the 1872 catalogue of the library, when I stumbled upon a reference to my...
Fagel Fine Bindings (3): Dedications
Several fine bindings in the collection are the result of a classical artist-patron relationship. The Fagels were high-placed government officials and had the n...
Fagel Fine Bindings (2): Political Power
The fine bindings in the Fagel collection make up only a small part of the library. Some of the fine bindings in the Fagel Collection at Trinity College Library...
Fagel Fine Bindings (1): Natural History
Most books in the Fagel Collection are bound in simple vellum, the title neatly written on the spine, without any gold-tooling or other forms of decoration. The...
A New Year’s Salute from the Amsterdam Lamplighters’ Guild
A printed New Year's wish from the Amsterdam Lamplighters' Guild for the year 1695 recently turned up at Trinity College Library
A brief history of Dutch research in the Fagel collection
Trinity College Library has been visited by Dutch scholars for a century. What did they find in the Fagel collection and how can we build on that?