UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF GREIFSWALD. 479 BOOK V. Chapter VII. sum of 38,000 florins, on condition that the interest of the entire sum should be devoted to the purchase of books. By this princely gift the Würzburg Library has Germany, etc. been enabled to acquire some very costly and choice books, and it now enjoys a special fund for purchases the capital of which exceeds 70,000 florins.1 Greifswald Uni The University Library at Greifswald dates from 1604, although its establishment has sometimes been con- versity Library. founded with the gift to the High School of Greifswald, by the then Mayor, H. Rubenow, of a collection of books believed to have been valuable, but of which no trace can now be recovered. The University Library owes its chief acquisitions to the bequest of several private collections, which from time to time have been incorporated with it; as, for instance, that of J. S. Scheffel, containing 888 volumes, that of A. Droyser, containing 2818 volumes, and that of J. Ahlwardt (added in 1792,) containing 3143 volumes. The Library is daily open to all educated persons. Books are also lent under liberal regulations. The number borrowed in the year 1843 amounted to 27,795 volumes. There is also at Greifswald a Public Law Library (Bibliothek des königlichen Oberappellations- und höchsten Gerichtes,) which was first established at Wismar, in the 17th century, but the original collection was almost wholly burnt in 1781, with the exception of some important MS. collections which were saved. The restoration of the Library was immediately begun, and was promoted by many liberal gifts. The Court of Appeal 1 Petzholdt, ut supra,408-412. BOOK V. Chapter VII. having been removed from Wismar, first to Stralsund (in 1802), and then to Greifswald (in 1803), the Library Germany, etc. followed it, having been first divested of such books as. were unconnected both with the science and practice of Law, and with the special affairs of Pomerania. In 1844, the number of volumes was about 5200, exclusive of MSS., and an extensive series of Dissertations and Tracts. The arrangement of the Library is as follows: Class I. Legal Bibliography; II. General treatises on the Philosophy of Law and on Legislation; III. Roman Law; IV. German Law, generally; V. Mercantile Law; VI. Feudal Law; VII. German Law; VIII. German Statute Law; IX. Special Law of Nations; X. Financial Law; XI. Ecclesiastical Law; XII. Criminal Law; XIII. Practice of Civil Courts; XIV. Practice of Supreme Courts of the Empire; XV. Forensic Medicine; XVI. Prussian Law; XVII. Provincial Law of Pomerania, and Works relating to Pomerania; XVIII. Collective Works on Jurisprudence; XIX. Foreign Laws; XX. Greek Law; XXI. History; XXII. Miscellaneous Works. Of late years this Library has been made freely accessible to the Public.1 University Library of Giessen. Lewis V., Landgrave of Hesse, laid the foundation of the University Library of Giessen in 1605, by the purchase in Prague of a private collection of some value. Part of the Library of the University of Marburg was incorporated with it in 1650, as was also, at a later period, the collection of the Philological Seminary. In 1742, an important collection of books, chiefly philological, and extending to 3487 volumes, was acquired by 1 Petzholdt, ut supra, 155-158. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF GIESSEN. 481 BOOK V. Chapter VII the gift of Professor J. H. May. The historical and law collection of Professor C. L. Koch, containing 2622 volumes, followed in 1757. At the beginning of the pre- Germany, etc. sent century, its most important acquisition was made in the bequest by Baron von Senkenberg of his fine Library, containing nearly 15,000 well-chosen volumes, and especially rich in the literature of Jurisprudence. The liberal Testator also bequeathed a sum of 10,000 florins to be employed in further augmentation. The Senkenberg collection is kept distinct from the other portions of the University Library, which now, in the aggregate, possesses above 100,000 volumes of printed books and 1300 MSS. A sum of 3800 florins is annually devoted to purchases. The Reading-Room is freely accessible to the Public on every week day. Besides the Professors and Tutors of the University, all respectable residents in Giessen are permitted to borrow books. Persons neither connected with the University, nor resident in the town, must obtain special permission on satisfactory guarantee. The average yearly number of books lent is stated at 12,000 volumes, and that of readers frequenting the Reading-Room at about 500.1 Library. The foundation of the University Library of Halle Halle University was laid by the purchase of the collection of Professor J. G. Simon in 1696. Two years later, an important augmentation occurred by the acquisition of a series of duplicate copies from the Berlin Library. Shortly afterwards the collection of Baron von Dankelmann, Vol. II. 1 Petzholdt, ut supra, 140-144; Serapeum, 1844, 185. 31 BOOK V. Chapter VII. and that of the Benedictine Convent at Bergen were added. In 1816, the removal of the University of Wittenberg to Halle led again to the large increase of the Library, all the Wittenberg books, except those on Theology and Philology accompanying the transfer. The von Ponickau collection,-containing more than 12,000 volumes of printed books and 650 MSS., and extraordinarily rich in the History of Saxony,-which had been bequeathed to the University of Wittenberg, on condition of its independent preservation, was also brought to Halle, where it is duly kept apart. In the aggregate, the University Library now contains nearly 100,000 volumes of printed books, and about 1000 volumes of MSS. The sum annually allotted for the purchase of books averages about 2500 dollars, besides a small separate fund which belongs to the Ponickau collection. The regulations and general management are similar to those of the other University Libraries of Prussia. The Reading-Room is accessible to all educated persons on two days in each week, and to the members and students of the University on four other days. The use of the Library for borrowing appertains more particularly to the Professors, Tutors, official persons, and others of known position; persons not included in this category, must obtain special permission. The average number of readers during the year is about 300; that of books lent out about 7000 volumes. 1 Petzholdt, ut supra, 167-171. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF HEIDELBERG. 483 BOOK V. Chapter VII. Germany. versity Library. The foundation of the present University Library of Heidelberg was laid, in the year 1703, by the Elector Palatine John William, who purchased the collection of Grævius, and incorporated with it the small remnant then to be found in Heidelberg of the famous Biblio- Heidelberg Unitheca Palatina. Subsequent acquisitions considerably increased it, amongst the most noticeable of which is the conventual or collegiate Library of Salmannsweiler, which contained about 6000 volumes. Other collections of dissolved monasteries and chapters, and several private collections, have been added at various times. The present total contents are stated at about 150,000 volumes of printed books, and upwards of 3000 MSS. The Library is freely accessible to readers on every day of the week, except Sunday. Books are also lent out under liberal regulations. The average number of volumes so lent during the year is stated at upwards of 8000; and that of books added to the Library at 1500.1 versity Library. The University of Göttingen was founded by King Göttingen UniGeorge II. in the year 1734, during the Ministry in Hanover of Munchhausen, and vigorous measures were soon taken to furnish it with a Library on a liberal scale. Within a century and a quarter the collection thus begun has come to possess about 360,000 printed volumes, and 3000 volumes of manuscripts. But its 1 Petzholdt, ut supra, 195-198. 2 2 Foreign Office Returns of 1850, 262. The official statement runs thus:"In the University Library, there are nearly (ungefähr) 350,000 volumes of printed books, counting each individual volume, whether it be a [bound] pamphlet of a few leaves, or a volume containing 50 or more |