Rare Books Collection
Rare Books Collection
The Rare Books Collection consists of 200 incunabula (books printed before 1 January 1501), rare and precious Luxembourgish printed works dating from before 1800, works written by authors who were born, lived or taught in Old Regime Luxembourg (such as Latomus, Sturm, Hovaeus, Wiltheim, etc.), the Bindings Collection (antiquarian and new bindings) as well as several thousand works remarkable for their rarity, content or provenance.
Viewings
Documents in this collection are not available for home loan. However, you can view them in our Dr Jean-Claude Loutsch Rare Books Reading Room on the 1st floor. A member of staff will guide you in the proper handling of these precious documents.
Part of the collection is referenced in a-z.lu and can be pre-ordered online or by written request.
Documents in the spotlight
Our staff members have written thematic studies on various documents from our collections.
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Le tartre émétique : de l’hermétisme à la chimie quantique
Petite histoire culturelle d’un sel complexeAdrian von Mynsicht, qui prépara une combinaison d’antimoine, métalloïde toxique, et d’acide tartrique, acide naturel du vin, la nomma pertinemment tartarus emeticus, au vu de sa propriété la plus saillante - son action vomitive sans appel, d’ailleurs expéditivement létale au surdosage.
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Schulbeginn vor ca. 330 Jahren
Eine Bücherliste als historisches Zeitdokumentvon Christophe Marinheiro In diesen Tagen strömen die SchülerInnen mit ihren Smartphones in die Buchhandlungen, um die Schulbücher zu bestellen. Eine eigens dafür erstellte App zeigt ihnen an, welche Werke sie für das Jahr benötigen. Wie aber verfuhr man zu...
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