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Tag: Tweede Kamer

‘Wealth of Nations for a few bucks’

Posted on 06/01/2022

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...

Five rare pamphlets from the Library of the House of Representatives

Posted on 19/12/2020

The Library of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians.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...

Trottoirmonster

Five Characteristic Political Cartoons from the House of Representatives

Posted on 15/12/2020

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...

Red morocco bindings

Five Fine Bindings from the Library of the House of Representatives

Posted on 03/12/2020

The collection of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians.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...

Handelingenkamer Mei 2020

75 Years of Freedom: A Digital Tour

Posted on 04/05/2020

On the occasion of the commemoration and celebration of 75 years of freedom in the Netherlands, the House of Representatives puts the spotlights on some histori...

Short film on the Book Project of the House of Representatives

Posted on 06/09/2019

The project to catalogue, restore and research the historical book collection of the Dutch House of Representatives is approximately halfway. To show what has b...

Project group Historical Book Collection

Exhibition of old and rare books in the House of Representatives

Posted on 06/09/2019

Speaker of the House of Representatives Khadija Arib opened an exhibition that highlights some old and rare books from the collection of the Dutch House of Repr...

Fagel Fine Bindings (2): Political Power

Posted on 13/04/2019

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...

Library of the House of Representatives in De Boekenwereld

Posted on 28/10/2018

The latest issue of De Boekenwereld contains an article that I wrote about the oldest parts of the Library of the House of Representatives. It gives an overview...

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