Author: MASQUERADE LEYDEN -
Title: Maskerade gehouden door de Leden van het Leische Studenten-Corps den 23sten Juni 1885. Ter viering van den 310den verjaardag der Leidsche Hoogeschool, voorstellende de Geschiedenis van Leiden van de stichting af tot het jaar 1574...
Description: Leiden, Somerwil, 1885. Large oblong 4° portfolio, original decorated & pictorial cloth, ties preserved. Title, list of commissioner's names on verso, [5] leaves of text, being an extensive description of the illustrations. Leporello, lithographed by G.J. Bos, length c. 1300 cm., width c. 30cm. Harmonica bearing tog. 223 handcoloured lithographed ills. depicting the cavalcade, numbers relating to the description printed at tails. WITH: ENGELENBURG, F.V., Leiden tot 1574. Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen tot Toelichting van de Maskerade te houden door de Leden van het Leidsche Studentencorps in Juni 1885. Leiden, Somerwil, 1885. Small 8°, original lettered wraps., with coloured initials, (xii), 167pp., richly decorative title, head-&-tail pieces, register. Printed on heavy paper, uncut. Complete set in 2 vols. of this Masquarade (Costume-cavalcade), as held by members of the Leidsch Studenten Corps on 23rd June 1885, upon the occasion of the 310th anniversary of Leyden University, from her foundation in 1574 up till 1884. A very long Leporello, over 12 metres in length. With the almost untraceable text-book by F.V. Engelenburg, with historical notes serving as elucidation of this Cavalcade. In very good condition. Very are in such completeness. (bds. lightly shaved on rims & spine-ends, some minor professional repairs to folds. with acid-free paper.

Keywords: masquerade