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Title
Regensburg as Bibliographic Destination for Traveling Scholars of the Eighteenth-Century
Author(s)
Thomas D. Walker
Publisher
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information
Publication Year
2015-06-30
Abstract
The Bavarian town of Regensburg was a library travel destination during the European Enlightenment. With at least 26 collections, the number and variety of its private, governmental, school, and religious libraries rivaled that of much larger cities and figured in the bibliographic travel accounts of Johann Keyssler, Christoph Nicolai, Carl Oelrichs, Filippo Argellati, Georg Zapf, Friedrich Hirsching, Adalbert Blumenschein, and many others. The first-hand descriptions of these repositories are unique primary sources for the study of library history. Having been accessible to researchers largely in published forms, many were designed to serve as bibliographic aids for informing scholars about the locations of specialized subject collections and some individual works. The journals, letters, guidebooks, and texts also reflected the evolving scholarly and scientific nature of their cultural period. Overall, this case study of Regensburg’s libraries illustrates the particular value of contemporary travel literature.
Keyword
Libraries; Library history; Library travel; Regensburg; Bibliography
Journal Title
Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
Citation Volume
3
ISSN
2287-9099
DOI
10.1633/JISTaP.2015.3.2.3
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Type
Article
URI
https://repository.kisti.re.kr/handle/10580/9364
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