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Leiden University Library Issues the First Printed Catalogue of any Institutional Library

1595

Having been founded in 1587, Leiden University Library in 1595 issued the first printed catalogue of its holdings: Nomenclator autorum omnium, quorum libri vel manuscripti, vel typis expressi exstant in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae (List of all Authors whose Books, Whether Manuscript or Printed, are Available in Leiden University Library). This was the first published catalogue of any institutional library.

When I searched in August 2019 there did not appear to be a digital facsimile of this catalogue available.

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