Having been founded in 1587, Leiden University Library 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.
Filed under: Bibliography, Libraries
