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1 | # | Name | ACRONYM | Publishing Status | Wikipedia Link | Timothy Kenny Review Video Link | First Language (Original) | Second Language | Year First Pub'd | Founder/Funder | Founding General Editor | Publisher | Volumes Extant as of Dec 1st, 2023 | Volumes per year since founding | Aprox Cost of All Volumes | Aprox. Price Per Volume | Vol 1 Amazon Price NEW | Vol 1 Amazon Price USED | Amazon Link to Volume 1 | Amazon Link to Whole Collection | Interviews | Reviews | Scholarly Review(s) | Official Company Link | Link to All Books in Library | PDF Brochure | Publisher's Link | News Coverage Links | Notes | Date Updated | |
2 | README: This sheet is a work in progress. Feel free to email me at timothy@timothykenny.com with any corrections or improvements. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Harvard University Press Sets Below | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 11 | Loeb Classical Library (Greek - Green, Latin - Red) | LCL | Active | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loeb_Classical_Library | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoMTci09XfA | Greek, Latin | English | 1912 | James Loeb | NA | Harvard University Press | 555 | 4.87 | $16,650 | $30.00 | $30.00 | $4.99 | https://www.amazon.com/Argonautica-Classical-Library-Greek-English/dp/0674996305 | 1. A 24 pg history: https://web.archive.org/web/20210926221504/https://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/loeb/downloads/buried-history-lcl.pdf | Rare: https://web.archive.org/web/20220705042541if_/https://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/media/Loeb-Classical-Library.pdf | https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2019-loeb-classical-library https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2020-loeb-classical-library https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2021-loeb-classical-library https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2022-loeb-classical-library | 1. See here for free online PDFs of many volumes, mostly on Archive.org: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRkUFBfVVqv5Tr2aZS4apFNpTJ-ys6VqeQxgsAI1v7cH5putIgchYWJAVGHuu0lWGmdD2DU7Vb1o7XH/pubhtml# 2. The Loeb Timeline (by request from a YouTube commenter) https://web.archive.org/web/20100429082740/http://www.hup.harvard.edu/features/loeb/timeline.html | 9/28/2025 | |||||||
5 | 12 | I Tatti Renaissance Library | ITL | Active | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_I_Tatti_Renaissance_Library | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgKPpm2u-Hs | Latin | English | 2001 | Conceived by Walter Kaiser & James Hankins; funded by Mellon Foundation; later Packard Humanities Institute support | James Hankins | Harvard University Press | 96 | 3.84 | $3,360 | $35.00 | $31.59 | $9.79 | https://www.amazon.com/Famous-Women-Tatti-Renaissance-Library/dp/0674003470 | https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2006/10/05/rediscovering-a-lost-continent/ | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/series/the-i-tatti-renaissance-library | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/series/the-i-tatti-renaissance-library | https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2021-itatti | 9/28/2025 | |||||||
6 | 13 | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | DOML | Active | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbarton_Oaks_Medieval_Library | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L69ei8OFHNQ Addendum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxUd2sCaKfw | Latin (Red Ribbon), Byzantine Greek (Purple Ribbon), Old English (Blue Ribbon), Medieval Castilian (Green Ribbon) ("medieval Iberian literature", "languages of medieval Iberia") | English | 2010 | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection (Harvard) | Daniel Donoghue | Harvard University Press | 82 | 5.13 | $2,870 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $22.91 | https://www.amazon.com/Vulgate-Bible-Pentateuch-Douay-Rheims-Translation/dp/0674055349 | https://issuu.com/harvard-university-press/docs/hup-brochure-2021-doml | 9/28/2025 | ||||||||||
7 | 14 | Murty Classical Library of India | MCLI | Active | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murty_Classical_Library_of_India | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrWidLwkfuc | Bangla, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu (and possibly more) | English | 2015 | Rohan Narayana Murty | Sheldon Pollock | Harvard University Press | 40 | 3.64 | $1,400 | $35.00 | $35.00 | $28.07 | https://www.amazon.com/Epic-Murty-Classical-Library-India/dp/0674425014 | India only: https://www.amazon.in/stores/page/2F43F488-6CEB-47A0-BBB8-B03C7C63FD0D | https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/2022/03/murty-classical-library/ | https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/books/murty-classical-library-catalogs-indian-literature.html https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/24/the-murty-classical-library-of-india-review | https://www.murtylibrary.com/ | https://www.murtylibrary.com/books | https://www.hup.harvard.edu/series/murty-classical-library-of-india | https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/project-interrupted-116031101266_1.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/murty-library-aims-revive-2-millennias-worth-indic-literature | Father N.R.'s last name is Murthy with an H but his wife and children use Murty without an H. I would guess this is an Anglicization so people pronounce it closer to the proper way, which is MOOR-tee. | 9/28/2025 | |||
8 | Sister Sets Below | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 21 | Clay Sanskrit Library | CSL | Inactive | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Sanskrit_Library | Coming Soon | Sanskrit (Romanized) | English | 2005 | John P. and Jennifer Clay | Richard Gombrich | NYU Press | 56 | 2.67 | $1,400 | $25.00 | $30.10 | $15.95 | https://www.amazon.com/Ramayana-Book-One-Boyhood-Sanskrit/dp/0814731635 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09NM3Y7VL?binding=hardcover | (in German) https://web.archive.org/web/20110525103506/http://www.claysanskritlibrary.org/press/CSLReview_ZDMG.pdf | https://claysanskritlibrary.org/ | 9/28/2025 | ||||||||
10 | 22 | Library of Arabic Literature | LAL | Active | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Arabic_Literature | Coming Soon | Arabic | 2013 | NYUAD Research Institute | Philip Kennedy | NYU Press | 50 | 3.85 | $2,000 | $40.00 | $47.62 | $29.90 | Volumes not numbered, first two released on same day: https://www.amazon.com/Epistle-Theory-Library-Arabic-Literature/dp/0814769985 https://www.amazon.com/Treasury-Virtues-Teachings-attributed-Literature/dp/0814729142 | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08MQFY9VB?binding=hardcover | https://www.libraryofarabicliterature.org/ | 9/28/2025 | ||||||||||
11 | 23 | Library of Chinese Classics | LCC | Active | Doesn't Exist | Coming Soon | Chinese | English, See Belt and Road link in Notes for additional langauges | 2000 | China's National Publication Foundation | Yang Muzhi | Foreign Languages Press | 70 | 2.69 | $1,482 | $21.17 | $21.17 | $21.17 | https://www.amazon.com/Journey-West-Library-Chinese-Classics/dp/7119024108 | https://www.libraryofchineseclassics.com/ | https://flp.com.cn/en/book_cat/dazhonghuawenkuxilie/ | 1. Interesting Belt and Road editions: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/belt-and-road-languages-editions-of-library-of-chinese-classics-series-exhibited-at-2024-frankfurt-book-fair-302275768.html 2. See Key press release: https://web.archive.org/web/20070114120613/http://www.china.org.cn/english/MATERIAL/195889.htm | 9/28/2025 | ||||||||
12 | FINDER ROW |