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Description of Leyden, including the first mention in print of Rembrandt

ORLERS, Jan Jansz.
Beschrijvinge der stadt Leyden. Inhoudende 't begin, den voortgang, ende den wasdom der selver: de stichtinge vande kercken, cloosteren, gasthuysen, ende andere publijcque gestichten, etc...

With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text.

With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text.

With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text.

With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text.

With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text.



Leyden & Delft, Abraham Commelin & Andries Jansz. Cloeting (colophon: Leyden, printed by Jan Jansz. van Dorp), 1641. 4to. Contemporary vellum. With woodcut printer's device on title, large folding engraved plan, 2 double-page engraved maps (of which one large folding), 10 half-page engraved views and illustrations in text. [30], 738, [14] pp.

Second, much enlarged edition of a detailed historical description of the city of Leiden by Jan Orlers, bookseller and later burgomaster of the city of Leiden (1580-1646). The book is now fully brought up to date and corrected. This edition contains the first biographies of Rembrandt, p. 375, and Gerrit Dou, pp. 377-380. The plan of Leyden (dated 1614) is by G. Bouttats after J. Peeters and based on a drawing by Jan Pietersz. Dou. The two maps show the siege and relief of the city in 1574. The engravings in the text mainly show buildings, including a plan of the Hortus, a view into the library and the Theatrum Anatomicum.

Some occasional soiling. Pasted bookplate of H.H. Jonkers on inside front cover. Fine copy of this classic description of Leyden.
Nijhoff-Van Hattum 222.

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Dutch  History  Leyden 

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