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

1595
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A: Vreewijk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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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