Bogaers

Collection history: The collection was donated in 1870-1895.
Size: 2,4 metres and approximately 3,500 printed books.
Accessibility: The printed books can be located as a collection by means of the acquisition reports mentioned below. These titles have not yet been computerised, but they have been recorded in the card files of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek. The incunabula, early printed books, special editions from later periods and the manuscripts can be consulted only at the Special Collections reading room, the remaining printed books can be requested at the general desk and a number of them can be borrowed.
More information: Kees Thomassen 070-3140328.

Collection description

After the demise of Adriaan Bogaers in 1870, librarian M.F.A.G. Campbell was given the opportunity to make a wide selection from the impressive library of this linguist and man of letters. With this, the Royal Libray acquired, besides 48 mostly medieval manuscripts, 3,500 printed worls, among which a considerable number of old printed books. In 1895 a second legacy followed, donated by Bogaers' son-in-law, T.A. Klinkhamer. This legacy consisted of manuscripts, galleys and revisions of Bogaers' own poetry, of which De togt van Heemskerk naar Gibraltar (in 1607) is still the best known poem. Apart from this, the collection contains philological and linguistic notes by Bogaers', among which - apart from a number of glosses on Middle Dutch texts - transcripts of Jacob van Maerlant's Der Naturen Bloeme. Furthermore, the 1895 donation also comprised an important collection of works by the poet H.F. Tollens Cz.

Literature

Verslag van de aanwinsten der Koninklijke Bibliotheek gedurende het jaar 1870. 's-Gravenhage 1871, p. 1-135.
J.G. Gleichman. Het leven van A. Bogaers (1795-1870). [Amsterdam] 1875.
Werken en handschriften van H. Tollens Cz. en Mr. A. Bogaers. 's-Gravenhage 1896.
K. Thomassen. 'A. Bogaers'. In: Verzamelaars en verzamelingen. Koninklijke Bibliotheek 1798-1998'. Zwolle 1998, p. 108-112.