Subcollections

For the larger part the Academy Library was established by gifts and bequests and exchange of publications with other learned societies. Thus a collection came into being which encompassed all scientific disciplines, but was very heterogeneous with regard to volume and extent. Originally, the main part of the collection was ordened and placed in the stacks by subject category, while a number of larger bequests and donations were placed separately.

Because of this several subcollections can be distinguished within the Academy Library. In the survey of subcollections, original call numbers have been added where applicable.

Survey of subcollections:
  •  Scholarly journals, annual reports, and other learned society scholarly publications
  •  Encyclopaedias
  •  Bibliography and library science
  •  History of the Netherlands
  •  General history and archaeology
  •  Literature
  •  Theology
  •  Law and political science
  •  Trade and shipping, agriculture and fisheries
  •  Hydrography
  •  Military science
  •  Philosophy
  •  Medical science
  •  Mathematics
  •  Astronomy
  •  Physics
  •  Chemistry
  •  Natural science
  •  Botany
  •  Zoology
  •  Arts
  •  Collection Willem Bilderdijk
  •  Collection Jacob van Lennep
  •  Collection Johannes Wertheim Salomonson
  •  Collection of fifteenth and sixteenth century printings
  •  Collection of travel accounts and expedition reports
  •  Collection of western manuscripts
  •  Collection of eastern manuscripts
  •  Collection of incunabulae
  •  Collection of variation linguistics and Dutch ethnology
  •  Collection of numismatics