Commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoirist. He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
Born at Epiry, near Autun, he represented a family of distinction in Burgundy, and his father, Léonor de Rabutin, was lieutenant general of the province of Nivernais.
Artist: Syfang
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German philosopher and one of the most influential figures of German idealism and 19th-century philosophy.
Artist: L.Sebbers
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Bishop of Gyor, Hungary
Artist: Johann Balzer 1738-1799
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Subject nationality: French
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Geille
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Italian priest & writer
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Francois
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German philosopher who became a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant
Artist: Bury
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets and more.
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Italian Renaissance humanist, Civil Servant and writer. Born in Pesaro and educated in Padua, Collenuccio first served the Sforza rulers of Pesaro, but was dismissed when Giovanni Sforza succeeded in 1483.
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Martin Luther OSA was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507.
Artist: Schuler
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Price £28.00
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Jean-Baptiste Racine 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such “examples of neoclassical perfection” as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Delpech
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Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
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