Lot n° 1661

VANDERHEYDEN, J.F. American libraries. Buildings & equipment. Report on [a] visit to U.S.A. libraries, May-June 1946. 1947 artificial leather with gilt title on front cover, flat spine, iv-188-[7] ff. Good copy. 

Estimation : 150 / 250
Adjudication : 260 €
Description
Unpublished report (typescript) commissioned by the Albert I Memorial Library Foundation. J.F. Vanderheyden (1903-1987) was a librarian at the Royal Library of Belgium and a Louvain professor of English. The comparison of libraries in New York, Princeton, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, Boston, New Haven etc. was intended to serve as a model for the new Belgian Royal Library. Signed on title.
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