Around 1900 the Louvain photographer Edouard Morren made a unique photo report of the university buildings. The 78 photographs were bound in a luxurious album, which is w preserved at the Louvain university archives. This new edition reproduces the numerous views of the most important sites of the university as well as photos of interiors that had never been documented before. A special focus is on the various laboratory facilities, that testify to the emerging scientific tradition of the university.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Leuven University Press
ISBN-10
9058678032
ISBN-13
9789058678034
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113881168
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English, Dutch & English, Dutch
Subject
Adult & Further Education
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Leuven
Edited by
Geert Vanpaemel, Jo Tollebeek, Mark Derez
Series Title
Lipsius Leuven
Content Note
78, 78 Black & White Halftones
Author Biography
Geert Vanpaemel is Professor of the History of Science and Chair of the Committee on Academic Heritage at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.Mark Derez is Archivist at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.Jo Tollebeek is Professor of Cultural History at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.