Scheide Library
The Scheide Library
The Scheide Library once a private library, is now a permanent part of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the
Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library on the campus of Princeton University.[1]
In 2015, following the death of William Scheide, the library was gifted to the University to be a part of the permanent collection. It marks the largest gift in the university's history.[2]
The Scheide Library is the only library outside of Europe to possess all four of the first printed bibles: The
incunabula, printed books on travel and exploration, and Americana.[1]
The Scheide Library was assembled by three generations of collectors, William T. Scheide, his son, John H. Scheide, and grandson, William H. Scheide,[4] who founded the Bach Aria Group, credited with reviving interest in Bach's cantatas.[5]
References
- ^ a b "RBSC : Scheide Library". Princeton.edu. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ "Scheide donates rare books library to Princeton; collection is largest gift in University's history". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Collector Assembles a Rare Quartet of Bibles - New York Times". Nytimes.com. 2002-06-10. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, Henry Holt, New York, 1995, Chapter 7, "Infinite Riches," pp. 263-274.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly: Book offers rare look inside Scheide '36's collection". Paw.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
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