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University libraries
The Franeker and Groningen university libraries before 1670
In this project two collections of books
were investigated which are of fundamental importance to the
intellectual history of the northern parts of the Dutch Republic:
the libraries of the universities of Franeker (founded in 1585) and
Groningen (founded in 1614) during the first decades of their
existence.
At the present most of the books are deposited in the Provincial Library of Friesland and the University library of Groningen respectively. The remaining books of the libraries formed the main source for this research project; besides the seventeenth-century catalogues and archivalia are investigated.
The result has beeen a digital repertory and a series of papers about the importance of university libraries for our knowledge of intellectual and political life in the seventeenth century.
Armamentarium totius sapientiae – Een arsenaal van alle wetenschap. De Franeker academiebibliotheek in de zeventiende eeuw [Not available in English]
Colloquium Nut en Nadeel van een Academiebibliotheek (Not available in English)