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Special Collections
Myths, legends and fairy tales
Now online!
From dark worlds of the occult to twisted fairy tales. Discover some of the finest works of art ever created for children’s literature.
Travels into the unknown
Now online!
Explore images from our travel treasures and see how we encountered the other in former times.
Pierre Kemp
Now online!
One of the most fascinating loners in twentieth-century Dutch poetry. Letters, graphic work and a unique handwritten ’book of friends’.
Top of the class
With these books the Jesuit school principals promoted competition among their students as part of their pedagogy.
Study of the soul
Check out our illustrations from interesting, important, and peculiar psychology related book.
Things related to nature
Browse through extremely rare books related to Physics.
Sing-along
With our secular and religious song books.
Gems of the Special Collections
From the most unique to the downright wonderful. Our highlights.
Tot Maestricht
400 years of book printing in the city of Maastricht.
Picturing Europe
Travel guides that defined the ‘tourist gaze’: images of European cities and regions.
A storehouse of information
Look for interesting facts in our fully digitised magazines.