Catalogus van de Athenaeum-Bibliotheek te Deventer: Werken van algemeenen aard. Opvoeding en onderwijs. Wijsbegeerte. Land-en -Volkenkund. Geschiedenis. Taal-en Letterkunde. Schoone kunste. Godsdienstgeschiedenis en Godgeleerdheid. Catalogus der handschriften berustende op de athenaeum-bibliotheek te deventer

The Catalogus van de Athenaeum-Bibliotheek te Deventer was compiled by Jacobus Cornelis van Slee, who served as the librarian of the Athenaeum Library during a period of significant scholarly reorganization. This work represents a comprehensive bibliographical effort to classify and document the library's extensive holdings, which include a vast array of subjects ranging from philosophy and theology to linguistics and the fine arts. The catalog serves as a vital record of one of the oldest academic collections in the Netherlands, reflecting the rigorous intellectual standards of late 19th-century Dutch scholarship.

Designed as a structured finding aid for researchers and academics, the publication organizes the library's contents into distinct academic disciplines, providing insight into the historical canon available at the Deventer Athenaeum. Van Slee’s approach was methodical, aiming to make the library's manuscripts and printed volumes more accessible to a growing scholarly community. It remains an important reference for historians of the book and those tracing the evolution of institutional library practices in Europe, reflecting a time when the systematic categorization of knowledge was central to institutional prestige.