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![Abba Gregorius Aethiops Amharensis Aet LII [parallel text in Amharic]](jpegs/64416.jpg)
Abba Gregorius Aethiops Amharensis Aet LII [parallel text in Amharic]
G.B. v. Sand pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed close to image, surface abrasions. Damaged.
Abba Gregorius (1595-1658), Ethiopian priest and lexicographer. Gregorius travelled to Rome where he met the German scholar Hiob Ludolf and instructed him in the history and culture of Ethiopia, later spending time in Germany at Ludolf's invitation. The two men co-authored books on the Amharic language and Ludolf wrote a 'History of Ethiopia' indebted to what he learnt from Gregorius. Mezzotint by Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731), Augsburg-based mezzotinter specialising in portraits.
Possibly a pair to the portrait of Ludolf by Heiss after Sand, for which see ref.30232.
[Ref: 64416] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. v. Sand pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
Very rare mezzotint. Sheet 225 x 170mm (8¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed close to image, surface abrasions. Damaged.
Abba Gregorius (1595-1658), Ethiopian priest and lexicographer. Gregorius travelled to Rome where he met the German scholar Hiob Ludolf and instructed him in the history and culture of Ethiopia, later spending time in Germany at Ludolf's invitation. The two men co-authored books on the Amharic language and Ludolf wrote a 'History of Ethiopia' indebted to what he learnt from Gregorius. Mezzotint by Elias Christoph Heiss (1660-1731), Augsburg-based mezzotinter specialising in portraits.
Possibly a pair to the portrait of Ludolf by Heiss after Sand, for which see ref.30232.
[Ref: 64416] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)