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The Dutch Museum of the Book

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Rudolf Ekkart
Rudolf Ekkart*
Affiliation:
Rijkmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum/Museum of the Book, Prinsessegracht 30, The Hague
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Abstract

The Rijkmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum at The Hague has as its core the former private collection, rich in manuscripts and incunabula, of Willem van Westreenen, who was able to acquire material from the earlier collections of Gerard and Johan Meerman. Maintained as a static collection, seldom open to the public, for more than a century, the Museum has since 1960 developed into a vital centre for fine printing, now including examples of modern typography alongside its older treasures.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 25 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1987

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Note

The museum’s collection of pre-1850 printed books has been catalogued in: A.J. de Mare, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum. Catalogus der gedrukte werken, 3 vols. ’s-Gravenhage 1937-1940. (Catalogue of the printed works). The mss. are described in detail in: P.C. Boeren, Catalogus van de handschriften van het Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, ’s-Gravenhage 1979. (Catalogue of the mss. of the State Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum).