Johann Boemus was a German humanist, canon of Ulm Cathedral, traveller, and Hebraist. He was compiler and author of the first ethnographic compendium of the Early Modern period in Europe. His Omnium Gentium Mores, Leges et Ritus was published in 1520.
Size 15 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
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Louis of France was the eldest son and heir of Louis XIV, King of France, and his spouse, Maria Theresa of Spain. As the heir apparent to the French throne, he was styled Dauphin. He became known as Le Grand Dauphin after the birth of his own son, Le Petit Dauphin. As he died before his father, he never became king. His grandson became Louis XV of France.
Size 13 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
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Karl von Mansfeld was a German general during the Cologne War and the Ottoman-Habsburg wars. Von Mansfeld was the son of Count Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, born in present-day Luxembourg, and was educated in France.
Size 13 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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German Lutheran missionary to India. He was known for his linguistic skills, with knowledge of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Tamil, Urdu, Persian, Marathi, and Telugu and even used by the British to serve as an emissary of peace and sent to the court of Haider Ali in Mysore
Artist: E.Scriven
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Size 15 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
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Isaac Casaubon was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England, regarded by many of his time as the most learned man in Europe. His son Méric Casaubon was also a classical scholar.
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Size 10 x 14.5 cms
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General Adjutant of Prince Eugene, from Piedmont.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: J.M.B.
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Size 10 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
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Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg was born in Eichstätt on 14 May 1644. He became a canon of Bamberg Cathedral, Würzburg Cathedral, and Augsburg Cathedral. On 10 June 1683 he was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg. Pope Innocent XI confirmed his appointment on 2 September 1686.
Size 16 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
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German imperial councillor
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Size 4 x 7 cms
Price £14.00
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Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia was the fourth son and seventh child of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia. He was the first owner of the New Michael Palace on the Palace Quay in Saint Petersburg.
Artist: Mayer
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Size 7 x 10.5 cms
Price £14.00
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The 14th child of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. Archduke Louis was born at Florence, Italy.
Artist: Erichuber
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Size 7 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
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