The KB has an extensive collection of handbound books as well as one of the largest paper historical collections in the world.
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Book bindings
The book bindings collections consists of c. 10,000 manually bound books from 1540 onward. Many beautifully bound Dutch book stsem from the collections of the Stadtholders Willem IV and V.
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Paper historical collection
The KB is one of the few libraries in the world to own a paper historical collection. The collection was started in 1972 with the purchase of the collection of H. Voorn.