Fagel Collection

The Fagel Collection is a collection assembled by the Fagel family, a prominent political family in the Dutch Republic during the Early Modern Period, which now resides at the Library of Trinity College Dublin. Comprising 30,000 printed books, as well as manuscripts, maps, and other engraved materials, making it one of the most prolific collections in Europe. Topics covered include domestic and international history and politics, natural history, geography, literature, and theology. Materials within the collection come from many different countries and are in multiple languages, most commonly Dutch, French, and English.

Related collections are housed at the National Archives of the Netherlands in The Hague.

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