‘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...
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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The Library of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians.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...
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The collection of the House of Representatives in the Hague is a historical reference collection that has been used by generations of Dutch parliamentarians.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...
75 Years of Freedom: A Digital Tour
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
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...
Exhibition of old and rare books in the House of Representatives
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
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
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...