LEIDEN -- (MEURSIUS, J.). Illustrium Hollandiae & Westfrisiae ordinum Alma Academia Leidensis. Leiden, J. Marcius & J. à Coster, 1614. (28) lvs., 1-6, (8*), 17-231 pp. W. ti.-engr., lge. fold. plate of the academic procession bound as two original parts, 1 (of 4) text-engrs., & 54 fine engr. portrs. (& six empty medallions) in the text. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Upper hinge weak, lower paste-down loose at the top, lacks the 3 half-p. views but text intact, bookplate Van der Hoeven on upper paste-down).
Important work on the founding years of Leiden University, extended version of '(MEURSIUS, J.) Illustris academia Lugd-Batava (…)', 1613. Among those portrayed are famous men like Grotius, Dousa, Scaliger, Clusius, Dodonaeus, etc. - Brunet III, 1684; Willems 237 note; Rahir 1802; Van Someren I, 148; Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem, 334k (ed. 1625).€ 300
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