[5] Stephen C. Behrendt, the George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, has praised the Corvey's "vast archive" of "uncommon, scarce, and even unique materials" which will assist scholars researching "British Romantic and early Victorian literary culture".

[6] Victor Amadeus, Landgraf of Hesse-Rotenburg (1779–1834), who was the Prince of Corvey from 1815 and Duke of Ratibor from 1821, and his wife Elisabeth (Elise), the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1790–1830), were both bibliophiles and founded the library in the early 19th century.

[1] During the reign of Viktor I, Duke of Ratibor, the poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874), who was known for writing a stanza of the German national anthem, served as the Corvey's librarian in the last years of his life from 1860 to 1874.

[5] Victor Amadeus' focus was more generally on belles-lettres, including works that some have regarded as a more "trivial" kind: "novels, tales, travel literature, biographies, memoirs, and drama".

The library building consists of fifteen halls and has been outfitted with 200 bookcases made of different types of wood such as walnut, curly maple and cherry.