Author: Schneider, H. D. (Hans Diederik).
Title: De laudibus aegyptologiae. C. J. C. [Caspar Jacob Christiaan] Reuvens als verzamelaar van Aegyptiaca.
Description: Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Octavo. Pp. 32. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. In fine condition. ~ FIRST EDITION. Caspar Jacob Christiaan Reuvens (1793-1835), Dutch Egyptologist. Also known as Caspari Jacobi Christiani Reuvens, Gaspard Jacob Chrétien Reuvens, Casparus Jacobus Christianus Reuvens, and Kaspar Jakob Christian Reuvens. Studied law and classics in Amsterdam and Leiden but became interested in archaeology during a stay in Paris. He was appointed first director of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and first professor of archaeology in the Netherlands (Leiden University, 1818-1835). It was Reuvens who transformed the mediocre archaeological cabinet of Leiden University to the National Museum of Antiquities of the Netherlands. Backed by King William I, he acquired the successive collections of De Lescluze, Cimba, and Anastasi, as well as numerous classical collections. [Provenance:] From the library of renowned Egyptologist Prof. Dr. Joris Frans Borghouts (1939-2018). 007-3 .

Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EXCAVATIONS EXPLORATION EXPLORATIONS SURVEY SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGICAL GEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY STUDIES NEAR FAR EAST GREECE GREEK ROME ROMAN EGYPT MEDIEVAL POSTMEDIAEVAL HISTORY P E


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