Abstract

Librarian Imre Dániel’s book collection has been geographically spread over the territory of Transylvania. Nevertheless, the locations from our days where his books are located are strongly connected to the places where Dániel was active: he was born in Dumbrăveni and worked as a librarian in Alba Iulia. The books that were handed down to us are specially theological and philosophical in nature, reflecting Dániel’s studies in Vienna, but one can also find among them some works on ecclesiastic history, Hebrew and Latin. The books are in a good state of preservation; most are printed works, thus mostly having specific property marks, ex libris that attest each book’s itinerary to or from Imre Dániel. The research allowed me to discover until now 67 volumes which I enriched with 12 volumes founded between the books from the parishes from Gheorgheni, Misentea, Frumoasa, the Library of the Museum of Alba Iulia and the Library Batthyaneum of the same town. Today I am able to bring together and include these 12 volumes in a short book catalogue of what was once a librarian’s library.

Keywords: Transylvania, library, bishop Ignác Batthyány, librarian Imre Dániel