'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden by Van Ommen, Kasper

'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004701519)

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Format: Hardcover
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'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden by Van Ommen, Kasper

'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden

$179.00
'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden by Van Ommen, Kasper

'All My Books in Foreign Tongues': The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden

$179.00
Format: Hardcover
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In 1609 Joseph Scaliger bequeathed 'all my books in foreign tongues' to the library of Leiden University. The collection was kept in the Arca Scaligerana, an ornamental cupboard in the library. This publication provides a complete overview of all Scaliger's printed books in oriental languages for the first time. How and why did Scaliger collected these rare books? Answers can be found in Scaliger's extensive network, the development of oriental scholarship, the booktrade and the use of libraries.

Author: Kasper Van Ommen
ISBN-10: 9004701516
ISBN-13: 9789004701519
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 12/11/2024
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover

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