Cărţi româneşti vechi în colecţia bibliotecii documentare „Bethlen Gábor” din Aiud
Old Romanian Books in the Collection of the Reference Library „Bethlen Gábor” from Aiud

Summary/Abstract: One of the most important reference libraries of Transylvania and Romania is that developed next to the „Bethlen Gábor” College from Aiud, a college that bears the name of the prince of Transylvania whose name is connected to its set up in Alba Iulia, in the first half of the XVIIth century. Moving this educational institution from Alba Iulia to Aiud also meant the beginning of a new phase of activity, phase tightly connected also to the development of the reference library. Currently, the library from Aiud is one of the most valuable and important, its collection comprising incunabula, valuable manuscripts, but also XVIth-XIXth century printings. A distinct category of old books is that of Romanian book, usually printed with Cyrillic letters, but also with Latin letters or in Latin or German language. The 12 copies of old Romanian book kept in Aiud, date to XVIIIth century and beginning of the XIXth century, being the works of some personalities of Romanian culture: Dimitrie Cantemir, Samuil Micu or Ioan Molnar Piuariu.

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