Orlers Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden 1641 Complete set with three folding maps

Orlers, Jan Jansz.

Dutch history Leiden 1641 | Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden: inhoudende ‘t begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: de stichtinge vande kercken, cloosteren, gasthuysen, ende andere publijcque gestichten …, , tweeden druck, Andries Jansz Cloeting tot Delf, Abraham Commelijn tot Leyden, 1641, (32)+738+[13] pp. [Three volumes in one binding, complete with three folding maps]

Name: Dutch history Leiden 1641 | Beschrijvinge der Stadt Leyden: inhoudende 't begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: de stichtinge vande kercken, cloosteren, gasthuysen, ende andere publijcque gestichten ..., , tweeden druck, Andries Jansz Cloeting tot Delf, Abraham Commelijn tot Leyden, 1641, (32)+738+[13] pp. [Three volumes in one binding, complete with three folding maps]
SKU: BB110211
Price: 1800.00 EUR
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Contemporary parchment binding in good condition. In -4, 20,5 x 16 cm. On the spine the text: Orlers Beschrijvinge van Leyden. Title page with woodcut coat of arms of Leiden with the two keys (“Leidse sleuteltjes”). Folding engraved plan of Leiden (Lugdunum Batavorum) by Ian Prs. Dou dated 1614. In very good condition. Many illustrations: portraits, coins, etc: burcht Leiden, Hortus Academicus Leiden, Theatrum Anatomicum (Anatomisch theater), Bibliotheca publica (bibliotheek), folding plate: afbeeldinge van de belegeringe der stad Leyden geschiet anno 1574, afbeeldingen van ‘t papieren gelt (geld), etc. With at the end a register, gedruck by Jan Jansz. van Dorp, woonende op Marendorp in de Vergulde Son anno 1641.

Second edition of the book that was originally printed in 1614.The second edition was expanded with an appendix to the second part and with a third part concerning the city government. This is a three-part book with extended city history. In very good condition. Only the map of the onsettinge der stad Leyden (ontzet van Leiden, Leids ontzet, Liberatio Urbis) has been repaired in the back, in a very good way, hardly visible on the front.

Jan Orlers lived frm 1580-1646, was a bookseller and later the burgomaster of the city of Leiden. With the history of numerous famous Leidenaren, people living in Leiden, painters, historians etc. On p. 375 Rembrandt is mentioned and his first student Gerrit Dou.

SKU: BB110211

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