Könyvesbolt

"Calliotheca – a selection of exquisite beauties and spectacular treasures collected by the Library ofthe Hungarian Academy of Sciences during its 190-odd years. Th e Neo-Renaissance palace of theAcademy on the left bank of the Danube is not only home to the sciences, arts, and letters. It is alsoa sanctuary for the tangible cultural heritage of humankind in general and the Hungarian peoplein particular. Th e history of the collection goes back to the beginnings of the Academy. In March1826, inspired by the example of “the Greatest Hungarian”, Count István Széchenyi, who off eredone year’s income of his estate for the purposes of a Learned Society in November 1825, Count JózsefTeleki made an equally generous contribution on behalf of his family by donating a collection ofsome 30,000 books to the Academy and, with it, to the public. Th e Library has been constantly enrichedby private and public donations and by purchases ever since. Today it holds the bequests, autographs,correspondence