Status of Rare Documents in the Three Century Old Public Libraries of West Bengal

This paper includes three-century-old public library for the study. It focused on the rare documents of the libraries, well-structured questionnaires administrated personally to collect the data. It depicts the situation and the condition of the century-old public libraries of Kolkata. It also includes the selection criteria of rare documents. The measures are described as value, deficiency, age, condition, physical and aesthetics etc. To identify the real situation the study is rendered on the collection through language, bindings, form of publication, date of publication etc.