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Huygens and Hofwijck : the inventive world of Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens / Kees van der Leer en Henk Boers ; [translation into English Jane E. Choy-Thurlow].
Van Pelt Library PT5664.Z5 L4413 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leer, Kees van der, author.
- Boers, Henk, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Huygens' Hofwijck. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huygens, Constantijn, 1596-1687.
- Huygens, Constantijn.
- Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695.
- Huygens, Christiaan.
- Hofwijck (Voorburg, Netherlands)--History.
- Hofwijck (Voorburg, Netherlands).
- Netherlands--History.
- Netherlands.
- Historic buildings--Netherlands--Voorburg.
- Historic buildings.
- Country homes--Netherlands--Voorburg.
- Country homes.
- Country homes in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Dutch.
- Summary:
- Constantijn Huygens was a poet, composer and connoisseur of art and the classics. He was also secretary and confidant to three princes of Orange for 62 years. Hofwijck was also the place where Constantijn's son Christiaan spent a significant part of his life. Christiaan Huygens was a member of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge and became one of the greatest inventors and scientists. At the end of his life, at Hofwijck, he wrote 'Cosmotheoros', his magnum opus on the universe. At Huygens's Hofwijck we look at the seventeenth century through the eyes of these two versatile men. With Constantijn and Christiaan, the story is about literature, art, music, politics, the House of Orange, science and life at a seventeenth-century country estate.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. Constantijn Huygens in The Hague: a courtier in the capital 1596-1687
- II. Constantijn Huygens and Hofwijck: a courtier as a landscape architect 1639-1687
- III. Christiaan Huygens: an inventive scientist at Hofwijck 1687-1695
- IV. Hofwijck's heirs: care and neglect 1695-1750
- V. Hofwijck in alien hands: division and impending demolition 1750-1913
- VI. Hofwijck in safe hands: a narrow escape 1913-1914
- VII. The restoration of house and garden from 1914 onwards: a long way up 1914-2000
- VIII. The restored garden around 2005: a successful reconstruction 2000-2016.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9463722297
- 9789463722292
- OCLC:
- 1296408632
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