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AMSTERDAM'S ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY CLOSES
Yossi Dotan submitted these notes on the sad loss of another library, this one in Amsterdam.
-Editor
You reported in The E-Sylum on the closing of the numismatic library at Utrecht, Holland. I now read that the same happened at the Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam. A web page in Dutch tells that the library existed 230 years, initially relating to the Dutch colonies (about 10% of the present collection), since 1950 relating to less developed countries. There were some 1,000,000 documents in the collection, which measured more than 10 km (6.2 miles) long. After finding a good home for 98% of the library, on December 19 and 20 the public could come and take books and other publications from the remaining 2%, for free. Regards, very best wishes for a happy 2014, and many thanks for your efforts to make The E-Sylum so interesting reading,
While not specifically numismatic, the library's vast collection could have been useful to numismatic researchers. Now it would take treks to the University of Leiden and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt to examine many of the materials.
-Editor
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