Collectie Petrus Burman
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Country
NL
Name of institution (English)
Leiden University Libraries
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
dut
Contact information: postal address
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG Leiden
Contact information: phone number
0031 71 527 2857
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Reference number
BUR
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Title (English)
Petrus Burman Collection
Title (official language of the state)
Collectie Petrus Burman
Language of title
dut
Creator / accumulator
Petrus Burman
Date note
9th century/18th century
bulk: 17th century/18th century
bulk: 17th century/18th century
Language(s)
lat
gre
Extent
60 manuscripts and 155 printings
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection was gathered by Petrus Burman (1713-1778), a classicist and professor of eloquence and Dutch history in Amsterdam. It includes five medieval manuscripts, 17th and 18th-century manuscripts on classical texts and antiquity (epigraphy), as well as correspondence of Burman's namesake uncle (1668-1741), Nicolaas Heinsius (1620-1681) and Isaacus Vossius (1618-1689). Among Vossius' correspondence are a few letters from Mennaseh ben Israel (1604-1657) dating from 1651, 1652, and 1655 (BUR F 11).
Archival history
The collection was acquired by Leiden University at the auction of Petrus Burman's library in 1779.
Administrative / Biographical history
Pieter Burman (or Petrus Burmannus) was born in Amsterdam on October 23, 1713. After the death of his parents in 1715, he was put under the guardianship of his uncle, Petrus Burman (1668-1741), who was a professor and librarian in Leiden from 1724 to 1741. Burman studied law and classical literature at the Academy in Utrecht. He was promoted to "doctor utriusque juris" in 1734 on a dissertation entitled "De jure areorum annulorum". In 1735, on the recommendation of T. Hemsterhuis, he was appointed professor of Eloquentiae et Historiae at Franeker. Through the mediation of J. Ph. D'Orville, he was appointed his successor at the Athenaeum Illustre of Amsterdam in 1742. He held the position of professor of eloquence and patriotic history until his retirement in 1777. He died on June 24, 1778, at his Santhorst estate.
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Carla Vieira, 2022
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