In the first years the cholera was harrying Copenhagen, and Lynge is said to have done great business at the time due to the large number of private libraries offered for sale; he was the only proper “antiquarian bookseller” in Denmark, and he often spited the danger of infection and personally collected the large number of books in the homes of the ill.
I disse første år som boghandler hærgede koleraen i København, og det forlyder at Lynge tjente godt på grund af de mange bogsamlinger der blev sat til salg; han var den eneste rigtige antikvarboghandler i Danmark, og han trodsede ofte selv smittefaren ved personligt at inspicerere bogsamlingerne i de kolerasyges hjem.