Five places to find out-of-copyright books from the Netherlands

11 October 2019 by 2 Comments

In the Netherlands, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death in most cases. Many books published in the early 1900s and earlier are in the public domain. Here are five places where you can find these publications.

bookstore

Bookstore in Amsterdam, 1820. Credits: Johannes Jelgerhuis, collection Rijksmuseum (public domain)

Delpher

Delpher is a website by the Royal Library of the Netherlands where you can find books, newspapers, and magazines.

Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren

The Digitale Bibliotheek Nederlandse Letteren (Digital Library Dutch Written Works)  contains many literary works from the Netherlands. Books can be viewed online or downloaded as PDFs.

Google

Google Books has many Dutch books, sometimes digitized in collaboration with the Royal Library or other institutes in the Netherlands.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive has several public domain books from the Netherlands and many other places.

Hathi Trust

The Hathi Trust Digital Library has several books from the Netherlands and many other places.

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About Yvette Hoitink

Yvette Hoitink, MLitt, CG®, QG™ is a professional genealogist, writer, and lecturer in the Netherlands. She has a Master of Letters in Family and Local History from the University of Dundee, and holds the Certification of Genealogist and Qualified Genealogist credentials. Yvette served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Genealogists and won excellence awards for her articles in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly. Yvette has been doing genealogy for over 30 years. She helps people from across the world find their ancestors from the Netherlands and its former colonies, including New Netherland. Read about Yvette's professional genealogy services.

Comments

  1. Manja says
    11 October 2019 at 6:29 pm

    Hi Yvette,

    Another place to find this kind of books is Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/nl

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  2. Marianne Gossije says
    12 October 2019 at 6:04 am

    Hoi Yvette, ken je de site van Crescas, daar wordt verwezen naar de Joodse bibliotheek. Heel veel mooie Nederlandse literatuur.
    Groet, Marianne

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