Scabbard Library
The Scheide Library or vagina Library is a former private library , which the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the Princeton University Library is affiliated. In 2015, the collector William H. Scheide bequeathed the collection to the university, which is considered the most valuable donation in its history.
collection
It is located in the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library on the Princeton University campus .
The Scheide Library is possibly the finest private collection of rare books and manuscripts in the Western Hemisphere . It is the only library outside of Europe that has all four of the first printed Bibles: the Gutenberg Bible , the "1460 Bible" (or Mentelin Bible ), the "36-line Bible" and the "1462 Bible".
The collection also includes manuscripts by Abraham Lincoln , Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven , a copy of the United States' Declaration of Independence and first editions by Shakespeare and John Milton .
The library also contains significant collections of medieval manuscripts and incunabula , printed books on travel and expeditions, and Americana .
founder
The Scheide Library was founded by three generations of collectors who owed their fortune to the oil industry: William T. Scheide , his son John H. Scheide and his grandson William H. Scheide (1914-2014). They also founded the »Bach Arien Gruppe« to stimulate interest in Bach's cantatas.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Development Communications: Scheide donates rare books library to Princeton; collection is largest gift in University's history. Princeton University, February 16, 2015, accessed February 19, 2015 .
- ↑ Klaus Graf : Scheide donated his precious library to Princeton. Archivalia , February 18, 2015, accessed February 19, 2015 .
- ^ Princeton University website