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Early Printed and Rare Books

The chosen people - The relief of Leyden one century later

One-hundred years after the relief of Leiden in 1574, the 'Year of Disaster' ravaged the Netherlands. Karel Crucius (1648-1728) managed to put present hardship in historical context.

Exhibitions · Photography · Asian Special Collections

Schaefers’s daguerreotypes of the Borobudur

In 1844, the German photographer Adolf Schaefer was recommended by Ph. F. von Siebold, advisor to the Ministry of the Colonies, to document the antiquities of the island of Java.

Photography

The price of a mounted photograph by Woodbury & Page

New information about pricing of tourist photographs uncovered in conservation effort.

The Syair Tabut, an overlooked scroll

This long overlooked scroll, the Malay language Syair Tabut, is the only eyewitness account of the last Muharram commemorations in Singapore in 1864, a practice still banned to this day.

Asian Special Collections

Following Ganesha’s footsteps through the Leiden Special Collections

Follow Ganesha in his many forms through the Asian Special Collections at Leiden University Library.

Early Printed and Rare Books

Donum I. Ludolfi

Two beautifully decorated bindings donated to Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana, as a token of friendship to a deceased travel companion.