Coomaraswamy Library

Coomaraswamy Library Please email with any questions. Extensive representations of notable authors include Blessed John Henry Newman, Hilaire Belloc, G. K.

A private library of the combined lifetime collections of Sir Muthu, Ananda, and Rama Coomaraswamy containing over 15,000 books, pamphlets, periodicals, and recordings as well as selected letters and notes. With many rare and out of print books dating back to the 1600’s, the scope of the library is predominantly Traditional Catholic in nature and geared toward pre-Vatican II liturgical studies and

mystical theology. However, a third of the collection focuses on comparative studies and the “Sophia Perennis” and includes exhaustive selections on Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Native American religions. There is also a thorough anthology of controversial topics, social issues, and history, particularly exorcism, Indian art, and the English Reformation. Most of the editions are in English, though there are several thousand in French and Latin, and a smaller amount in other languages such as Spanish, Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and Arabic. Chesterton, René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, Hossein Nasr, and Ananda Coomaraswamy. Cataloguing of the inventory is presently underway and will soon be posted online for persons interested in accessing the library. A limited number will be available for local “check out” but due to the rarity and sometimes deteriorating condition of many of the books, only future on-site access will be permitted by appointment. Photocopies of most works will be obtainable for cost.

A very hard to find book from 1914, "Essays in Post Industrialism" just added online here. Writing includes: Law and Or...
05/15/2012

A very hard to find book from 1914, "Essays in Post Industrialism" just added online here. Writing includes: Law and Order and the Artist - Eric Gill
The Religious Foundation of Life and Art - A K Coomaraswamy
The Value of Philosophy - A Worsley
Conscious Choice in Life and Art - Anthony Ludovici
A Canon of Aesthetic - Edward Spencer
Architecture and Industrialism - A J Penty
On Idols - Edward Gordon Craig
Art and Ideas - W B Yeats
Music and Mechanism - W A Shaw
Mis-Applied Science - M D Eder
Machinery and Society - C Romney Green
Religion and Economics - J M Kennedy
Position of Woman - Emily Townshend
The Idea of the Medieval Craft Guilds - N J Sievers

01/01/2012

A Happy New Year to everyone from the Coomaraswamy Library!

08/31/2011
07/20/2011

Been delayed for a while but expect more updates here and on the website soon!

Bios added for Sir Muthu and AKC.
04/10/2011

Bios added for Sir Muthu and AKC.

03/29/2011
03/22/2011

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