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Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé 1588 – 1646

Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé was the head of the senior-most cadet branch of the House of Bourbon for nearly all his life, and heir presumptive to the King of France from the age of 2 until he was 12. Henri was the father of Louis, le Grand Condé, the celebrated French general.

Artist/Engraver
Size 16 x 8 cms
Price £18.00

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Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse 1806-1877

Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine was Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 until his death in 1877

Artist/Engraver August Kneisel after Cäcilie Brandt circa 1820
Size 19 x 15 cms
Price £14.00

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Joseph von Quarin 1733-1814

Joseph von Quarin was an Austrian physician born in Vienna. At the age of 15, he obtained his PhD in Vienna, followed by studies of medicine at the University of Freiburg. In 1751 he received his medical doctorate, afterwards returning to Vienna, where in 1754 he attained the title of professor.

Artist/Engraver J. Adam, 1788, after J. Kreutzinger.
Size 17 x 12 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3689

Claude de Lorraine, chevalier d’Aumale 1564 -1591

Claude de Lorraine, chevalier d’Aumale was a French churchman, noble and military commander during the French Wars of Religion. The second son of Claude, Duke of Aumale and Louise de Brézé

Artist/Engraver Thomas de Leu
Size 24 x 16 cms
Price £14.00

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Johann Friedrich Hirt 1719-1783 German theologian

In 1775 he was appointed as the first professor of the theological faculty in Wittenberg. He thus became senior pastor at the Wittenberg town church , general superintendent of the Saxon electoral district and assessor at the Wittenberg consistory . He held these offices until his death in 1783. In his writings he deals with the exegesis of the Old Testament, Hebrew grammar and archaeology and other Semitic languages.

Artist/Engraver G. C. Schmidt
Size 20 x 17 cms
Price £18.00

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Vincent Voiture 1597-1648

Vincent Voiture, French Mannerist and Baroque Précieuses poet and writer of prose, was the son of a rich wine merchant of Amiens. He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d’Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orléans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions

Artist/Engraver Jacques Lubin
Size 12 x 7 cms
Price £12.00

Ref:3683

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden 1655-1707

As a war hero, Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden-Baden (1655–1707) garnered great praise. Simultaneously, he was a ruling sovereign and, in Sibylla Augusta, had a wife who loved him. And yet, he was in no way satisfied with his political success when he began building his residence in Rastatt.

Artist/Engraver Meyer
Size 23 x 16 cms
Price £14.00

Ref:3682