City and municipality in South Holland, the Netherlands

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Hermann Boerhaave. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J. Wandelaar.

An itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.

Doorway of the old pest house at Leiden, with a sculptured stone relief above, dated 1660. Photograph.

Index plantarum, quae in horto academico Lugduno Batavo reperiuntur / Conscriptus ab Hermanno Boerhaave.

A statue of Aesculapius holding his staff and a plant stands in a large pharmacy below the coat of arms of Leiden; men working in the pharmacy in the background; representing the pharmacopoeia of Leiden. Engraving by F. van Bleyswyck, 1751.

International Congress for the History of Medicine (VI), Leiden, 1927: delegates at the opening of the Congress. Photograph, 1927.

Leiden, the Netherlands: the University, Anatomy theatre, Botanic garden, Lakenhal, city and two portraits of Counts. Line engraving.

Album promotorum van de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, 1813-1900 / M.J. van Lieburg & F.A. van Lieburg.

Leiden imprints 1483-1600 in Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana : a short-title catalogue.

Een Universiteit herleeft : wetenschapsbeoefening aan de Leidse Universiteit vanaf de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw / uitgegeven door W. Otterspeer.

Catalogus codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno Batavae.

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Leiden

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Images referencing Leiden

Works from the collections

Album promotorum van de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, 1813-1900 / M.J. van Lieburg & F.A. van Lieburg.

Leiden imprints 1483-1600 in Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana : a short-title catalogue.

Hermann Boerhaave. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J. Wandelaar.

Een Universiteit herleeft : wetenschapsbeoefening aan de Leidse Universiteit vanaf de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw / uitgegeven door W. Otterspeer.

Catalogus codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno Batavae.

Leiden

Images from the collections

Images referencing Leiden

Works from the collections

Album promotorum van de Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, 1813-1900 / M.J. van Lieburg & F.A. van Lieburg.

Leiden imprints 1483-1600 in Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana : a short-title catalogue.

Hermann Boerhaave. Line engraving by J. Houbraken after J. Wandelaar.

Een Universiteit herleeft : wetenschapsbeoefening aan de Leidse Universiteit vanaf de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw / uitgegeven door W. Otterspeer.

Catalogus codicum Orientalium Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno Batavae.

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