Italian jurist and genealogist, born in Florence in 1547. In 1576 he was in the service of Cardinal-Archduke Andreas of Austria. In 1585 he converted to Lutheranism and spent the rest of his life in the Protestant Imperial City of Kempten, where he died in 1626. His most famous work was Principum Christianorum Stemmata
Size 12 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:908
German legal scientist. From 1676 to 1693 he taught at the University of Jena and held the rectorate there twice. From 1693 until his death he was Chancellor of Counts Reuss.
Artist: Philipp Kilian
Date:1680
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2252
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac was a French author in Baroque Précieuses style, best known for his epistolary essays, which were widely circulated and read in his day. He was one of the founding members of the Académie française.
Artist: After Mellan
Date:1654
Size 10 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:630
Hénault was born in Paris. His father, René Jean Rémy Hénault de Cantobre (1648–1737) a farmer-general of taxes, Ferme générale, was a man of literary tastes, and young Hénault obtained a good education at the Jesuit college, Lycée Louis-le-Grand. His mother was Françoise de Ponthon (died 1738)
Artist: Voyez
Date:
Size 18 x 27 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2112
French historian and collector, called ‘president’ after his rank in the Paris Parliament
Size 4.5 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:955
The son of the educator Gottfried Hoffmann (1658–1712) attended the high school in his hometown and entered the University of Leipzig in 1711. Here he first studied the philosophical sciences, which he completed in 1714 by receiving a master’s degree in philosophy. He then concentrated on studying law, secured his living as a tutor to nobles and received his doctorate in law from the University of Halle in 1716.
Size 9 x 15 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2491
Austrian chief chamberlain, chamberlain and secret council under the emperors Matthias and Ferdinand II and an important historiographer of the 17th century.
Artist: Johann Christoph Sysang 1703-1757
Size 16 x 23 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:837
Antonii Merendae lawyer from Florence
Artist: Frans Pilsen
Date:1655
Size 20 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2726
Italian priest & writer
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Francois
Date:
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:1473
Anne “Ninon” de l’Enclos also Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos was a French author, courtesan, and patron of the arts.
Size 5 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
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