French historian and collector, called ‘president’ after his rank in the Paris Parliament
Size 4.5 x 7.5 cms
Price £14.00
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François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier 1755-1838
François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier, was a notable French politician and political writer during the First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was the youngest of a large family belonging to the poorer nobility
Artist: N.Maurin
Date:
Size 11.5 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2201
Charles Jean Francois Henault 1685-1770
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
Franz Christoph von Khevenhüller 1588-1650
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
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Antonius Merenda 1578-1655
Antonii Merendae lawyer from Florence
Artist: Frans Pilsen
Date:1655
Size 20 x 31 cms
Price £28.00
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Lucas Schroeck (Lukas Schröck) 1646-1730
German physician and natural scientist.
Size 13 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
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Christian Gottfried Hoffmann 1692-1735
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
Anne “Ninon” de l’Enclos 1620-1705
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
Ref:1202
Johann Wolfgang Goethe 1749-1832
German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the late 18th century to the present day
Size 10.5 x 13 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:497
Samuel Johnson 1709-1784
Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. He was a devout Anglican. Politically, he was a committed Tory
Artist: J.Bacon(statuary)
Date:
Size 10 x 19 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1268