International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Acronym: ILAB
General Information
Identification Code: 551224251699-25
Website: https://ilab.org/
Entity Form: Company Limited by Guarantee
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 10/25/2023
Last Update: 4/30/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, ILAB, is an international federation of 22 national antiquarian booksellers' associations with over 1600 individual affiliated businesses in 39 countries. It strives to uphold and improve professional standards in the trade, to promote honourable conduct in business, and to contribute in various ways to a broader appreciation of the history and art of the book.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Culture
- Customs
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Engage with members of the European Commission following our appointment as an expert for a working group on a dialogue with the art market, created as a sub-group to the European Commission expert group ‘Cultural Heritage Expert Group’.
Communication Activities: ILAB regularly informs its members and stakeholders on developments relating to the European Union and national legislation.
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Subgroup on Art Market#E03650/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=104012 #MEMBER #C#Other#Professionals
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: First Floor21 John Street
Post Code: WC1N 2BF
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 44
Phone Number: 2080049512
EU Office
Address: First Floor21 John Street
Post Code: WC1N 2BF
City: London
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Phone:
Indic Phone: 44
Phone Number: 2080049512
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Total Budget: 0
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 1
Members: 1
Members F T E: 0.10000000149011612
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: 22 national antiquarian booksellers associations are a member of ILAB.
ILAB's members are the associations, not the individual bookselling firms.
The individual firms are members of one of the 22 national antiquarian booksellers associations.
All of ILAB's members, the 22 national antiquarian bookselllers' associations, are listed on our website here: https://ilab.org/page/associations
Organisation Members: ILAB is an Associate Member of CINOA, the Confédération Internationale des Négociants en Oeuvres d'Art
https://www.cinoa.org/
Current Job Opportunities
EU Policy Specialist at ILAB
International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
mid-levelBrussels, BelgiumFull-time-time
Posted: 9/23/2025
mid-levelBrussels, Francefull-time
Posted: 8/21/2025