[Leiden. Meursius] Athenae Batavae. Sive de urbe Leidensi,

& Academi, virisque claris: qui utramque ingenio suo, atque scriptis, illustrarunt. Libri duo. Leiden, A. Cloucquius & Elsevier, 1625, (44),351 p., with the following engravings: title, folding plan with profile, folding bird's eye view with the relief of Leiden (with the cities of Rotterdam, Delft, Schiedam and The Hague), 1 double-page bird's eye view of the same siege, 6 double-page plates, 53 portraits of founders, deans and professors of the University of Leiden, 12 illustrations (incl. city hall, academy building, library and anatomical theatre), contemporary vellum, small 4to.

Waterstaining to corners. Flyleaf tender; bookplate and ann. in pencil to inside front board. Binding soiled and lacking splits. Fair copy of this important, finely illustrated work on the history of Leiden (particularly the university), which appeared 50 years after the founding of the university.