[Leyden] Meursius, J. 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., w. the following engravings: title, 1 large fold. engr. plan of Leyden topped by a profile, 2 (large) fold. bird's-eye views of Leyden depict. the Spanish siege, 6 double-p. plates, 53 fine portrs. of founders, governors & professors of the Leyden University and 12 ills. (Town Hall, Academy building, the library, the anatomical theatre, etc.), modern leather in antique style, sm 4to. Occas. old annots. in pen, a 2-page manuscript "Indiculus professorum" on final blank leaf. Albeit in a new binding, a very good copy.

Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem 334k; NNBW VII, 872-73; Van Someren I, 145; Willems 237. Meursius (1579-1639) was professor of history & Greek language. Interesting work on the relation between the University and the city of Leyden, written 50 years after the foundation of the University.