Illustris Academia Lugd[uno]-Batava, id est Virorum clarissimorum icones, elogia ac vitae, qui etiam scriptis suis illustrarunt.

4to: [99] ff. (occ. minor dampstaining).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sm. def. to fore-edge sides of covers). Very good copy.

Splendid collection of bio-bibliographies and portraits of some 30 scholars of the young Leiden University (founded 1575), edited by J. Meursius (1579-1639). Included are i.a. Arminius, Clusius, Dodoens, Dousa, Gomarus, Grotius, Heinsius, Lipsius, Marnix, Raphelengius, Scaliger, Vulcanius. Latin verses by J. Dousa, H. Junius, D. Rogers a.o.; Greek poems by J. Forestus and B. Vulcanius. Engr. title by Willem Swanenburg and 35 full-page engr. portraits of William of Orange and of Leiden scholars, as well as an engr. showing Scaliger’s funeral monument.
Ref. BB I:1-2:A-51. - STCN 833458213. - Ter Meulen/Diermanse (Grotius) 276.
Prov. On title presentation inscription to Leonardus Lessius (1554-1623), the most influential Leuven Jesuit. - Ms. entries of the Leuven Jesuits and the M[useum] B[ellarminianum] (ms. entries).