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Large 4to; pp. (8), 496. Hardcover with original dust jacket. Illustrated.
Published at the occasion of the fourth centenary of Holland’s oldest university. This commemorative album contains 17 articles that examine virtually every aspect of the infant university: theology, philology (classical and Arabic), science (Theatrum anatomicum, beginnings of chemistry and physics), the Leiden printing office of Plantin and an extremely well documented article of 65 pages on the first 100 years of the University library. The album has a selected bibliography and a detailed index. A magnificent work, lavishly illustrated. Edges jacket with shelf-wear & some tears. Good copy.
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