List of private libraries
Here you can find a selection of current and former private libraries , sorted by surname. Historical private libraries have had a checkered history; they have been inherited, given away, offered for sale, sold, etc. Numerous historical private libraries are now part of a library, museum or other institution. Many private libraries owe their existence to a pronounced passion for collecting, bibliophilia and devotion to certain topics, but also to erudition. An organization is u. a. the Private Libraries Association . Important institutions for collectors include a. Auctions ( Sotheby’s etc.), antiquarian fairs, second-hand bookshops , etc., there are also online second-hand bookshops such as ZVAB , Antiquariat.de etc. The private libraries also include royal private libraries of royal families such as the royal library in Windsor Castle .
A-F
- Private library of Bernhard Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden
- Private library of Gustav IV Adolf (Sweden)
- George Gerard Arnhold's private library
- Khuda Bakhsh's private library
- Simon Batz's private library
- Private library Bibliotheca Amploniana des Amplonius Rating de Berka
- Private library Bibliotheca Bodmeriana of Martin Bodmer
- Jacques Bongars private library
- Private library of Georg Friedrich Brandes
- Library of Adolf Brehm
- Private library of Otto Friedrich Butendach
- Private library of Johann Philipp Cassel
- Cotton Library of Robert Bruce Cotton
- Collection Crous by Helmut A. Crous
- Burndy Library of Bern Dibner
- Private library of Thomas Dempster Gordon
- Jacques Doucet's private library
- Private library Bibliotheca Windhagiana of Joachim Enzmilner
- Janos Frecot's private library
G-M
- Ignaz Goldziher's private library
- Private library of Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling
- Private library of Gerwin von Hameln
- Hermann von der Hardt's private library
- Julius Gens private library
- Erich Kästner Library
- Private library of Friedrich Christian Kielman von Kielmansegg
- Joseph Gregor Lang's private library
- Private library of Joseph von Laßberg
- James Lenox's private library
- Private library of James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Carl Linga's private library - Linga library
- Benno Loewy's private library
- Private library of Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
- Victor Manheimer's private library
- Eugen von Maucler's private library
- Melchior Goldast's private library
- Ludolf von Münchhausen's private library
N-Z
- Walter Putz's private library
- Johann Friedrich von Ryhiner - Ryhiner Collection
- Private library of Lessing Julius Rosenwald
- Otto Schäfer Library
- Georg P. Salzmann's private library
- Heinrich Scharbau's private library
- Max Stein's private library
- Joachim Vadian's private library
- Varnhagen library
- Varnhagen library
- Voltaire's library
- Gotthilf Weisstein's private library
- Erich Woldan's private library
- Georg Christian von Wolff's private library
- Bibliotheca Zriniana by Nikolaus Zrinski
Estates
See also: Central database of bequests , Kalliope network , KOOP-LITERA international
- Estate of the Brothers Grimm
- Christian Daum estate
- Hermann Diels estate
- Martin Börsmann estate
- Estate of Friedrich Georg Hermann Culemann
- Estate of Marquard Gude
- Konrad Maurer's estate
- Joseph Niesert's estate
List of aristocratic libraries
- Princely Library Corvey
- Princely Waldeck Court Library ( Bad Arolsen )
- Princely Leiningen library in Amorbach
- Library Freiherren von Fechenbach (library partially auctioned in 2005)
- Tambach Castle also houses the aristocratic library of the Counts of Ortenburg , which has been largely scattered around the world due to recent sales , from which the Berlin State Library was able to acquire some Middle High German manuscripts through the antiquarian Jörn Günther
- Princely Schaumburg-Lippische court library
- Oettingen-Wallerstein Library (mainly in the Augsburg University Library )
Former aristocratic libraries
- Plathe Castle Library
- Donaueschingen Court Library
- Princesses Library , Sophie Albertine of Sweden
- Dyck Palace Library
- Stolbergische Bibliothek Wernigerode
Palace and court libraries
- Mannheim court library
- Donaueschingen Court Library
- Aschaffenburg Court Library
- Princely Waldeck Court Library
- Princely Schaumburg-Lippische court library
- Prince Thurn and Taxis court library and central archive
- Vienna Court Library - State Hall of the Austrian National Library - Austrian National Library
- Electoral Court Library - University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Ernstbrunn Palace Library
- Starhemberg Castle Library (Eferding)
- Weissenstein Castle Library (Pommersfelden)
- Castle Library Castle Rötha
- Castle Library Castle Łańcut
- Lamberg Castle Library
- Library of a castle - Palace Green Library
- Lobkowitz Library - Nelahozeves Castle
Institutions
- Library of Conservatism - Caspar von Schrenck-Notzing
- Chester Beatty Library - Alfred Chester Beatty
- Goethe's house , library of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Villa Fantastica - Helmuth W. Mommers
- Michel de Montaignes Tower Library - Michel de Montaigne
- Morgan Library & Museum - JP Morgan
- Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica - Joost Ritman
- Rosenbach Museum & Library Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach
- Scheide Library - William H. Scheide
- Library of the Paul Wolfgang Merkel Family Foundation in the library of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum
English language Wikipedia
- Library of Friedrich Nietzsche
- Library of Sir Thomas Browne
- Adolf Hitler's private library
- King's Library
literature
- Gerhard Loh: Directory of catalogs from book auctions and private libraries from German-speaking countries , Leipzig 1995.
- Gerhard Loh: The European private libraries and book auctions: a directory of their catalogs , Leipzig 2018.