Catalogue of early printed books from before 1801 in Dutch military collections. With analytical bibliographic descriptions of 10.000 works
Louis Ph. Sloos
An important part of the Dutch national treasure of early printed books from before 1801 on military and related subjects is kept in military libraries and collections. This catalog contains 10.000 books in twelve different languages dated 1500-1800 from nine different Defence institutions/collections*, representing both Army and Navy. By far the largest collections are the property of the Royal Netherlands Army Museum in Delft and the Royal Netherlands Military Academy in Breda. A great if not substantial part of these books is especially of international significance because of the contents, the intrinsic value or as historical objects. It took eight years to trace and describe these books, all of which have been given extensive analytical bibliographic descriptions.
* The nine institutions involved are:
· Royal Netherlands Army Museum, Delft
· Royal Netherlands Military Academy, Breda
· Netherlands Institute of Military History, The Hague
· Royal Netherlands Naval College, Den Helder
· Netherlands Defence College, Rijswijk
· Netherlands Cavalry Museum, Amersfoort
· Bronbeek Museum, Arnhem
· Netherlands Artillery Museum, 't Harde
· Engineers Museum, Vught
| Designer: | Bart de Haas |
| Project leader/compiler and general editor | Louis Ph. Sloos |
| Editorial board |
Klaas van Berkel, University of Groningen |
| Berry Dongelmans, Leiden University | |
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Paul Hoftijzer, Leiden University |
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| Olaf van Nimwegen, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda | |
| Louis Ph. Sloos, Royal Netherlands Army Museum, Delft | |
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Main Cataloguers |
Philip Knijff (project employee) |
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Louis Ph. Sloos |
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Cataloguer |
Wouter K. Meeder (project employee) |
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Editor Chapter 2, volume 1 |
Olaf van Nimwegen |
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Editor Chapter 3, volume 1 |
Louis Ph. Sloos |
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Editor introduction to the Catalogue (Chapter 4) |
Berry Dongelmans |
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Compiler and editor catalogue |
Louis Ph. Sloos |
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Translation/revision Chapters 14, volume 1 |
Dieke van Leusen-van Wijnen (Republic of Letters, Dordrecht) |
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Advisors |
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Atlases and maps |
Peter van der Krogt Utrecht/Delft |
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Bookbindings |
Jan Storm van Leeuwen (Voorschoten) |
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Programmer |
Theo Loermans (Cleve, Germany) |
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Contact person ministry of defence |
Coen Terpstra, head Information Service Center, Netherlands Defence Academy, Breda |
