Author: ENGELENBURG, F.V.
Title: Leiden tot 1574: Geschiedkundige aanteekeningen tot toelichting van de Maskerade, te houden door de leden van het Leidsche Studenten Corps in Juni 1885. [Eerste, enige, druk; First and onloy edition].
Description: Leiden, Somerwil, 1885. Small stout 8°. Later private calfbacked marbled boards, spine in compartments. Coloured calligraphed Hftitle (verso blank). Ti.-p. printed within a broad black illustrated and decorative border.[6], (xii), 167pp. Decorative head-and-tail pieces, small decorative initials, appendices A-C(extra historic information on main characters acting in the Pageant: Leyden Viscounts, Maximilian and Joachim of Brandenburg, register, table of contentd. Dutch language explanatory text, including historic background, of a Leyden Student Pageant (Masquerade) kept June 1958 with as topic History of Leyden City 1300-1574. Fine copy. Printed on heavy paper, uncut. Rare.

Keywords: leiden leyden city history pageant maskerade masquarade optocht students leidsch studentencorps history description legacy heritage nineteenthcentury 19thc