'All my books in foreign tongues' : The Oriental Bequest of Joseph Scaliger and the University Library of Leiden (Library of the Written Word - the Handpress World)

This publication provides a complete overview of the printed books in oriental languages in Scaliger's private library. How and why did Scaliger collected these rare and precious books? Answers can be found in Scaliger's extensive network, the development of oriental scholarship, the booktrade and the use of libraries.