5-464: The Bibliotheca Thysiana was erected in 1655 to house the book collection of the lawyer Johannes Thysius (1621–1653). Upon his early death, he left a legacy of 20,000 guilders for the building of a public library ("tot publycque dienst der studie") with a custodian's dwelling. Designed by the architect Arent van ‘s-Gravensande, the building follows the Dutch Classical style and is regarded as one of
10-549: A good impression of the book collection of a young, learned bibliophile from the period of late Humanism . The collection contains about 2,500 books and thousands of pamphlets in all scientific fields. The library also houses one of the 14 still existing bookwheels in the world. The library has a separate special collection of several hundred books from and about Emanuel Swedenborg . 52°09′33″N 4°29′4″E / 52.15917°N 4.48444°E / 52.15917; 4.48444 Johannes Thysius From Misplaced Pages,
15-583: The 💕 17th century lawyer and collector from the Netherlands [REDACTED] Johannes Thysius Portrait Johannes Thysius (born Jan Thijs; 1622–1653) was a lawyer, known for his collection of books and prints, now Bibliotheca Thysiana ( Leiden ). He was the son of an Amsterdam merchant and descendant in a line of goldsmiths, and was raised by Constantinus l’Empereur van Opwijck (1591–1648), professor of Eastern languages at Leiden University . His collection comprised approximately 2,000 books by
20-518: The jewels of Dutch 17th-century architecture. Bibliotheca Thysiana is one of the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites . It is distinguished by its balanced proportions and the purity of its Ionic order on top of a high basement. The Bibliotheca Thysiana is the only surviving 17th century example in the Netherlands of a building that was designed as a public library. It is quite extraordinary that a complete private 17th century library has been preserved and thus offers
25-608: The time of his death, covering various topics such as history, classics and mathematics. The prints he possessed are mostly secular, featuring reproductions of animals and ornaments as well as humorous and erotic compositions. In addition, the Thysiana collection included the “Thysiana scrapbook”, an album of silhouetted prints and paintings from several sources, most of them being impressions of popular published images, which may or may not have been compiled by him. References [ edit ] ^ Wouts, Daphne E.: “Exploring
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