The University of Chicago Library has completed full
cataloging of the Lincke’sche Leihbibliothek, sometimes referred to as the
Lincke Collection.
In 1930, the Library purchased from Otto Harrassowitz a
collection of 6,990 titles in 14,110 volumes
that had been part of the Lincke’sche Leihbibliothek in Leipzig. This
rental library was founded in 1791 by the bookdealer and publisher W. Lincke and
located at Ritterstraße 4 across from the historic Nicolaikirche. The
collection provides an extraordinary record of Trivialliteratur published in German between 1775 and 1875
(principally 1820 to 1850).
Only a small
percentage of the German literature is by noted literary figures (including the Heinrich Heine’s Das Buch der Lieder
pictured above), the remainder
being by popular authors of the day. Approximately 30% of the volumes are
translations into German, largely from English (including Walter Scott) and
French (including Balzac); also included are works translated from Swedish,
Danish, Dutch, and eight other European languages.Chicago’s catalog holds a descriptive record for the collection, in which
a click on Linckesche Leihbibliothek under “Other Authors” retrieves records
for the individual titles. The records are available in WorldCat as well.
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