Title
Library catalogue of Leiden university library, 1716
Creator
Aa, P. van der (drukker/printer)
Year
1716
Type
titelblad, title page
Measurements
32 x 20 cm.
Related term
bibliotheekcatalogi, universiteitsbibliotheken, titelprenten
Period
18e eeuw
Classification
J: Bibliotheken en instellingen
Content
The catalogue for the Leiden University Library for 1716 consists of more than five hundred pages. The frontispiece shows a library interior with a pedestal for Athena in the middle. Under the pedestal are two keys: the coats of arms of Leiden and under it a medallion portrait of William of Orange. There are also two female figures and portraits of scholars, publishers and Leiden librarians such as Franciscus Raphelengius, Daniel Heinsius, Joannes Meursius, Petrus Scriverius, Gerardus Vossius, Justus Lipsius and others.
Original
Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecæ Publicæ Universitatis Lugduno-Batavæ / [cura Wolf. Senguerdii, Jac. Gronovii et Joh. Heyman]. - Lugduni apud Batavos: sumptibus Petri vander Aa [1716]
@description
Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
@reproduction
Amsterdam Bibliotheek KVB Universiteitsbibliotheek UVA