Description

Handwritten catalogue of books from the library of the Redemptorists in Antwerp (Belgium) dated 1893, [ca. 300] unnumbered pages, large folio (47x36cm.), contemporary hardcover binding (gilt title on upper board and on spine, joints partly broken at ends, some use at edges, corners bumped), marbled endpapers, text and interior in good condition, [continuation of title (page): "Librorum omnium Indicem secundum litterarum ordinem conficiet, tot vero ordines distinguit quot sunt Disciplinarum genera. Iuxta tenorem Constitutionum nostrarum concinnatus. Anno reparatae salutis 1893"], This is a rare manuscript catalogue of the library of the Redemptorists in Antwerp, where they were active from 1857 till 2003. This catalogue gives a good impression of the holdings of such kind of library at the end of the 19th century. It includes a description (author, title, location in the library, and sometimes some more additional information) of some thousands of books, categorised in 15 subjects such as: Scriptura Sacra, S. Alphonsus, Patrologia, Historia, Litterae, Acta Sanctorum, etc.], weight: 5.2kg., B100667