IFLA Satellite conference at the Rijksmuseum | 17 – 19 August 2023
The Rijksmuseum Research Library and the IFLA Art Libraries Section will organize a satellite conference from 17 – 19 August at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam...
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Published! Copy census of Historia Naturalis Brasiliae
Following a seminar on the book Historia Naturalis Brasiliae in October 2016, my colleague Jeroen Bos and started off an epic journey to lcoate al surviving cop...
‘Wealth of Nations for a few bucks’
The first edition of the Wealth of Nations that made the headlines in the Old Library of the House of Representatives in 2018 turns out to have been the bargain...
Fagel Videos: Traces of the family in The Hague
The Library of Trinity College and the KB National Library of the Netherlands are working together to open up the Fagel Collection. As a part of the project, we...
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The Library of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians.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...
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...
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...