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1025 - Album amicorum of Cornelis Booth. 1627–1628. Oblong, ca. 10 x 14 cm: [170] ff. (including many blank pages), paper, with inscriptions in Latin, French, and Greek. Contemporary blind-decorated vellum, blue edges, green cloth ties. Very good condition. Cornelis Booth (1605–1678), son of the Utrecht preacher Everard Booth (1577–1610; whose album is Utrecht Ms. 1686) studied medicine in Leiden and Caen (graduated October 1628). In Utrecht, he served as a physician, librarian for the city and the university, and mayor (1656–1658). This album from his student years contains 59 inscriptions (14 with coats of arms), written in Utrecht, Leiden, Caen, Le Havre, Paris, The Hague, and Antwerp. Contributors include fellow students, professors of medicine, relatives, and friends. Some names: P. Cunaeus (50r), O. Zeystius (70r), T. Screvelius (90r), O. Heurnius (96r), A. Vorstius (97r), G. J. Vossius (117r), D. Heinsius (118r), C. Barlaeus (136r), W. Boswell (165v). On the front endpaper is a woodcut depicting religious love with handwritten verses in Latin and French; on the lower endpaper is a woodcut map of France. Ref. https://repertorium.library.uu.nl/collectie/booth/.
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Album amicorum of Cornelis Booth. 1627–1628. Oblong, ca. 10 x 14 cm: [170] ff. (including many blank pages), paper, with inscriptions in Latin, French, and Greek. Contemporary blind-decorated vellum, blue edges, green cloth ties. Very good condition. Cornelis Booth (1605–1678), son of the Utrecht preacher Everard Booth (1577–1610; whose album is Utrecht Ms. 1686) studied medicine in Leiden and Caen (graduated October 1628). In Utrecht, he served as a physician, librarian for the city and the university, and mayor (1656–1658). This album from his student years contains 59 inscriptions (14 with coats of arms), written in Utrecht, Leiden, Caen, Le Havre, Paris, The Hague, and Antwerp. Contributors include fellow students, professors of medicine, relatives, and friends. Some names: P. Cunaeus (50r), O. Zeystius (70r), T. Screvelius (90r), O. Heurnius (96r), A. Vorstius (97r), G. J. Vossius (117r), D. Heinsius (118r), C. Barlaeus (136r), W. Boswell (165v). On the front endpaper is a woodcut depicting religious love with handwritten verses in Latin and French; on the lower endpaper is a woodcut map of France. Ref. https://repertorium.library.uu.nl/collectie/booth/.
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