Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana
Jewish cultural and historical collection of the University of Amsterdam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana is the Jewish cultural and historical collection of the University of Amsterdam Special Collections. The foundation of the collection is the personal library of Leeser Rosenthal, whose heirs presented the collection as a gift to the city of Amsterdam in 1880. In 1877 the city library had become the University Library, so the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana was essentially given to the University. The Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana has since expanded to become the largest collection of its kind in Continental Europe, featuring manuscripts, early printed books, broadsides, ephemera, archives, prints, drawings, newspapers, magazines, journals, and reference books.[1]
Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana | |
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52.368333°N 4.890278°E / 52.368333; 4.890278 | |
Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Type | Academic library |
Established | 1880 (144 years ago) (1880) |
Branch of | Amsterdam University Library Special Collections |
Collection | |
Items collected | Books, journals, newspapers, magazines, databases, maps, prints, drawings and manuscripts |
Size | 120,000 total items 1,000 manuscripts 80 archives |
Access and use | |
Access requirements | Open to anyone with a need to use the collections and services |
Other information | |
Website | Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana |