Leiden University Library

Leiden University Library (Leiden, The Netherlands) is more than 400 years old. Its significance for European culture can hardly be overestimated: it is a part of a small number of cultural centres that gave direction to the development and spread of knowledge during the Enlightenment. The importance of these centres lies in the simultaneous presence of a unique collection of exceptional sources and scholars. Leiden University has both at its disposal.

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Leiden University - Library - Leiden - The Netherlands - Enlightenment

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Holdings include approximately 3,500,000 volumes, 10,000 current serials, 60,000 Oriental and Western manuscripts, 450,000 letters, 70,000 maps, 100,000 prints, 12,000 drawings and 120,000 photographs.

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Manuscripts - Letters - Maps - Prints - Drawings - Photographs

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:"Est hic magna commoditas bibliothecae ut studiosi possint studere"

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::Josephus Justus Scaliger

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:The greatest advantage of the library is that those who want to study, can study

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