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BAV - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

BAV - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Parliament of Canada - Parlement du Canada Ebooks libres et gratuits Smithsonian Libraries Jefferson's Library - Thomas Jefferson (Library of Congress Exhibition) Throughout his life, books were vital to Thomas Jefferson's education and well-being. When his family home Shadwell burned in 1770 Jefferson most lamented the loss of his books. In the midst of the American Revolution and while United States minister to France in the 1780s, Jefferson acquired thousands of books for his library at Monticello. Jefferson's library went through several stages, but it was always critically important to him. Books provided the little traveled Jefferson with a broader knowledge of the contemporary and ancient worlds than most contemporaries of broader personal experience. By 1814 when the British burned the nation's Capitol and the Library of Congress, Jefferson had acquired the largest personal collection of books in the United States. Through a generous grant from Jerry and Gene Jones, the Library of Congress is attempting to reassemble Jefferson's library as it was sold to Congress. Jefferson agrees to "arrange and number all the books" Back to top

drhawass.com - Zahi Hawass National Library of South Africa - Catalogue: Basic Search Skip to content My Library Basic Keyword Search - Entire Collection IMPORTANT NOTICE: We are currently experiencing problems with the Journal Title Search function. More Search Options Latest Books ReceivedList of Newspapers on Microfilm About Collections The NLSA is not a lending library. We encourage you to preorder material where appropriate. Basic Keyword Search - Cape Town Collection About Collections Reference Section journalsnewspapersmagazinespost-1850 printed books Special Collections manuscriptsmusic and rare books (pre-1851 printed books) Basic Keyword Search - Pretoria Collection Multimedia Room microformsmultimedia Basic Keyword Search - SANB Collection The SANB is a comprehensive record of South Africas published documentary heritage and includes: monographspamphletsgovernment publicationsmicroformsmapselectronic mediavideosperiodicalsnewspaperspublished conference proceedingsSouth African standards and specifications, etc. Basic Keyword Search - Visual Collection

Rare Books in the National Library of Russia The library's stock of rare books began to form back in the 19th century and today it contains more than 70 000 volumes. An appreciable portion of those are incunabula: about 7 000 works which represent very rich material for anyone wishing to learn about the history of printing in the 15th-century Western Europe. Impressive for their high standard of technical execution, artistry and scholarliness are the works by the great humanist printer of the Renaissance, Aldus Manutius, and his heirs. There is a remarkable collection of Elseviers produced by the celebrated 17th-century Dutch family firm which published mainly utilitarian books. The library is truly without rivals for its stock of early Russian printed books. There are the most noteble collections held within the Rare Books holdings:

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