Nicolaus Machiavelus Florentin. Nasc. Florentiæ Ao. Obiit Ao. Supremum per te nada est Prudentia culmen Ulterus nec quo progendiatur habet.
F. Morellon la Cave sculpsit 1724. Etching. 150 x 85mm (6 x 3¼"). Trimmed, worm trail filled. Niccolo Machiavelli (1460-1527), Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and a writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science (with his treatise 'The Prince'), diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.
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Michel de Nostradamus. Médecin, Né à St Remy, en Provence, le 14 Décemb. 1503. Mort le 2 juillet 1566.
[n.d., c.1760.] Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with wide margins. Michel de Nostredame (1503 - 1566), usually Latinized to Nostradamus, physician and astronomer. He is best known for his book 'Les Propheties', first printed in 1555 and rarely out of print since. Wellcome W2161.
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