KCL Enk Pamphlets Collection
(Collection description created in 2002. Links checked 2009)
Location
Maughan Library and ISC, King's College London
Publication date range
ca. 1600-1960
Number of items
3,000
Description of the collection
In general the Enk collection is strongest in Latin authors and critical works; it contains all the most important editions of all major Latin authors and many minor ones. The pamphlet collection contains mainly reprints and reviews.
Provenance
Dr Petrus Johannes Enk (1885-1960), Professor Emeritus of Latin Languages and Literature in the University of Groningen. Collection purchased by the College in 1961, consisting of books, papers and 3,000 pamphlets.
Language(s) of the material
English, French, German, Latin, Dutch, Italian
Access
The pamphlets are currently on closed access, awaiting conservation and processing. Inventories, arranged by author or by subject, are available of the entire Enk pamphlet collection. Pre-1801 pamphlets from the collection are in the care of the College's Foyle Special Collections Library. Pamphlets from ca. 1920-1960 were not catalogued as they were outside the scope of the project. Find out about conditions of access
Library's online catalogue
This collection has not been digitised
Copac is a national, academic & special library catalogue
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