Special collections

Published 21 October 2003

Searching in the collections of manuscripts, letters and archives

Digital catalogue

  • The catalogue of the Amsterdam University Library, contains separate descriptions of approximately 140,000 letters and descriptions of  non-book materials relating to the history of publishing and the book trade, particularly in the Netherlands.

Printed catalogues

  • Catalogus Bibliothecae publicae Amstelodamensis. Amsterdam, 1668.
  • Catalogus Bibliothecae publicae Amstelaedamensis: [with] supplementum. [Amsterdam], 1796, 1847. 2 dln.
  • Catalogus der handschriften Bibliotheek der Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam, 1899-1923. 7 dln.

Other search options

  • Various card indexes and inventories of shelf-numbers can be consulted in the De la Fontaine Verwey Room.

Source: Redactie BC