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Oct 31, 2012 · On October 31, 1587 Leiden university created its first library room, in the Academy Building at Rapenburg. ‘Batavian Athens’, that is the term the humanists used to designate the town of Leiden because of the university housed within its walls.
Maps and atlases have been collected from the founding of the University Library in 1587 onwards; the collection of maps and atlases now consists of approximately 100,000 map sheets (including c. 3,000 manuscript maps), 3,500 atlases and 25,000 topographical prints and drawings.
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Having been founded in 1587, Leiden University Library in 1595 issued the first printed catalogue of its holdings: Nomenclator autorum omnium, quorum libri vel manuscripti, vel typis expressi exstant in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae ( List of all Authors whose Books, Whether Manuscript or Printed, are Available in Leiden University Libra...
Subject guide. Medieval Manuscripts. With its more than 1400 bindings and over a thousand fragments Leiden’s collection of medieval manuscripts (up to ca. 1550) is the largest in the Netherlands. Profile.
Archive of the Leiden University Library, founded in 1587 en thus the oldest University Library in the Netherlands, of the years 1595-2007, containing records regarding the organization, the services and the acquisition, catalogization and management of books and special collections.
Collected maps and atlases from the founding of the University Library in 1587 onwards. Vossius Collection: 25 atlases and 187 Italian maps from the 16th century (acquired in 1690). Bodel Nijenhuis Collection: c. 50,000 maps, 300 atlases and 22,000 topographical prints and drawings (bequeathed 1872).
1587-10-31 Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575. 1595-05-24 Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appears, the first printed catalog of an institutional library. 1620-07-31 Pilgrim Fathers depart Leiden, Netherlands for England on their way to America.
