Wittockiana
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The Wittockiana, Museum of Book Arts and Bookbinding in Brussels (; ), formerly known as Bibliotheca Wittockiana, is a public museum and library in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, devoted to the arts of the book and of bookbinding.
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Wittockiana | Musée des arts du livre et de la reliure
wittockiana.org →Devenir « Ami de la Wittockiana », c’est, vous le savez, entrer dans la famille d’esprit de celles et ceux qui chérissent les livres non pas seulement comme des objets, mais comme des présences indispensables dans leur univers familier.
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The Wittockiana, Museum of Book Arts and Bookbinding in Brussels (; ), formerly known as Bibliotheca Wittockiana, is a public museum and library in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, devoted to the arts of the book and of bookbinding.
The museum is based on the personal collection of Michel Wittock, a former entrepreneur and bibliophile, who donated his collection to the King Baudouin Foundation in 2010. The library was opened to the public in 1983. The Wittockiana is supported by the French Community of Belgium.
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