R.B. Halbertsma Scholars, travellers and trade

the pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-40

History of the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. The small collection in the eighteenth century was originally a study collection, but things changed when the young Caspar Reuvens was appointed as Professor of Archeology in 1818. Reuvens succeeded in expanding the museum with aid of the Dutch government. Description of the developments that led to a nowadays important collection.

Engels | 182 pagina's | Routledge, London [etc.] | 2003

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