National and University Library of Iceland
IS – Íslenska

Benedikt S. Þórarinsson (closed)

150th anniversary, 1861–2011

An exhibition dedicated to the memory of Benedikt S. Þórarinsson, a merchant in Reykjavík and book collector, who gave his large library to the University of Iceland in 1935. The collection, the Benedikt Collection, is now one of the special collections of the National Collection of the National and University Library of Iceland.