Bibliofili mureşeni de odinioară. Iustin Handrea şi colecţia sa de carte românească veche
Old Time Mureş Bibliophiles. Iustin Handrea and his Collection of Old Romanian Books

Contributions to the history of Romanian and foreign libraries

Summary/Abstract: Not long before his death, in 1973, Iustin Handrea, the well-known collector from Maioreşti, offered the Orthodox Protopope of Tîrgu Mureş, David Lazăr, the last old Romanian books that were part of his collection, receiving in return a rather important amount of money. Aware of their value, David Lazăr entrusted them to Miss Elena Mihu, working at Oficiul de Patrimoniu Mureş. The last known information about them comes from the 70s, when they were handed to the Mureş County Library.An inventory carried out in 2012 led to the discovery of 2 boxes containing 23 old Romanian books which were identified as coming from the Handrea collection.After 4 decades, the 23 books were reintroduced into the scientific circuit, being donated to the Reghin Etnographic Museum in order to recreate the Handrea collection which can be found there. In fact, these 23 books are the only objects that are sure to come from that collection.

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