About the collection

Find out more about the collection and its history

• Timeline of the collection
• The Melekh manuscript

The Kheil Collection

The most important collection of early books on accounting in the early 20th century was the Kheil collection in Prague and its acquisition by the ICAEW library would be its most important purchase.

Highlights of the collection

Find out about some of ICAEW's treasures

• The oldest book in the collection
• The rarest book in the collection

Turning the pages

Take a look at digitised copies of four of the rarest books

The Earliest Books on Bookkeeping

Pamphlet on the origins of double-entry bookkeeping which is a valuable guide to key works in our rare books collection.

Pacioli: The 'Father of Accounting'

Luca Pacioli, arguably one of the most influential figures in the history of accounting, is also one of its most intriguing.

• Summa di arithmetica
• Divina proportione

Founders of the rare books collection

Francis William Pixley and Cosmo Alexander Gordon played an important role in building up one of the finest collections of early works on accountancy in the world

The collection in wartime

How ICAEW staff kept Chartered Accountants’ Hall open throughout the war while protecting the rarest books on accountancy.

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