N Á P R S T E K Vojtěch

1826 - 1894

Czech collector, ethnologist, patriot

Prague: Library of Náprstkovo muzeum, NM  - 60.000 volumes

Characteristics: Hus, Tyl, Mácha, Němcová, Erben, Pushkin, Shakespeare, Goethe, scrap-books, 35 annuaů volumes of Times (1859-1893), a set of 475 diagrams. Contemporary czech literature, foreign literature, technical literature, a number of Czech and foreign i cultural periodicals, nowadays a thematically unique collection of contemporary literature and sources of contemporary society and culture. The originally personal library with a few of Náprstek´s books from his younghood turn in a half public library. Nowadays, the library is open to public attendance, but its historical interior only on special occasions.

Literature:

SECKÁ, M. Vojtěch Náprstek a jeho knihovna. Knihy a dějiny. 1994, č.1, s.31-37

KHEL, R. Knihovna Vojty Náprstka. Čtenář. 1979, č.31, s.300

KOTTNEROVÁ, L. Náprstkova knihovna. České knihovnictví. 1900, č. 2, 38-50