International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB)

ILAB International Bookseller Directory

ILAB International Rare Book Fairs 2023

ILAB Member Associations Worldwide

ILAB – The global federation of 22 national antiquarian booksellers associations, established in 1947. Over 1600 individual rare book businesses based in 37 countries worldwide belong to the ILAB community.

ILAB Congresses, Symposia & Presidents' Meetings

Bookseller Education & Mentoring

ILAB Bookseller Catalogues

A joint catalogue by our colleagues from Down Under!

23 Mar 2023

"What better way to reconnect than to share some of our treasures with you", writes the President of ANZAAB, Douglas Stewart. Our colleagues of the…

Shakespeare first folio title page introduction

Much ado about... Shakespeare! Worldwide celebrations on the 400th anniversary of the First Folio (Part 2 of 3)

21 Mar 2023

The First Folio is widely considered to be one of the most important books in the English-speaking world. Published in 1623, it is a collection of 36…

"Women and the Book": An exhibition at TEFAF Maastricht 2023

17 Mar 2023

For many it is "the" art fair in the world and undoubtedly, the annual TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) art and antiques fair held in Maastricht in…

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History of ILAB

In 1947 representatives from five countries, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden, met in Amsterdam to discuss the formation of an International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), with the aim of establishing new hope for international peace through open markets, to foster friendship and understanding, and to counteract the animosity and suspicion engendered by World War II. ILAB was formally incorporated in Copenhagen in September 1948.