ARS LIBRI COLLECTIONS

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Collections: Rare Books, Prints, Documents, Archives

The Graphic Art of British India, 1780-1860: The Max Allen Collection  

Fables: Rare books from the library of Peter A. Wick   

Modernist Scholarship: The E.C. Goossen Archive

The Juliet Kepes Archive (description will be available autumn 2011)

The papers and artwork of the distinguished and innovative children’s book writer and illustrator, who also worked as an artist in a number of other fields relating to children, designing environmental spaces, murals, sculpture, and textiles.

 

 

Current Scholarly Collections

Graeco-Roman Culture: The Library of Günter Grimm
Ars Libri is currently cataloguing this circa 4000 volume collection of the late Professor Dr. Günter Grimm, Archaeologisches Institut, Universität Trier. Full catalogue will be available in late June 2011.

 

Egyptology: The Library of Günter Dreyer
1249 titles in ca. 2100 physical volumes. Professor Dr. Günter Dreyer, the former head of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo. Full catalogue now available.

 

Armenian Studies: The Dickran K. Kouymjian Library and Archive
 Ars Libri is currently cataloguing the finest library and archive pertaining to Armenian Studies in private hands. In addition to a collection of over 10,000 volumes on Armenia and related fields such as Islamic/Near Eastern and Byzantine Studies, the collection has a large archival component covering such topics as Armenian manuscripts and illumination, the Armenian genocide, Armenian film, modern Armenian artists, musicians and the theatre, the Armenian diaspora. Among specific archives is a major William Saroyan collection including a large collection of Saroyan’s drawings and paintings and a large archive of the Armenian filmmaker Sergei Paradjanov including manuscripts, collages and film scripts. The archive also includes some 25,000 slides and photographs. There is also a substantial collection of historic maps of Armenia.

 

Architectural History: The Library of Dr. Henry Dietrich Fernandez
3871 titles in ca. 4000 physical volumes. Including a comprehensive collection of books on the city of Rome, as well as a number of books from related disciplines.

 

 

 

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