Iohannes Hubnerus olim Gymnasii Martisburgensis nunc Collegii Iohannei Hamburgensis Rector. Hubneri faciem bene sculptum plaudite Musae! Vester in hac multis dignus Apollo placet: Miratur tantum felix Hamburga Magistrum, Deqs Scholis meritum Teutona terra Virum.
haec pauca subjunxit Hubneriani Nomini additissiums. Io. Bapt. Homann S.C.M. Geogr Nor. Effigiem hanc a fe pictam et sculptam. Excellentissimi Viri Honoribus dicare voluit devinctissimus Johannes Kenckel Civis Noribergensis. [n.d. c.1710.] Mezzotint with very large margins. Rare. Platemark: 324 x 215mm (12¾ x 8½"). Johann Hubner (1668-1731), the German geographer and scholar. He studied theology, poetry, rhetoric, geography and history at the University of Leipzig. His children's bible 'Biblische Historien' (1714) was designed for use in schools, and went through 270 editions and was translated into 15 European languages.
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