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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)
Regina Anna D.G. Angliae Scotiae Franciae et Hibern. [Around the arms:] Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense.
G. Kneller. S.R.I. et Angl. Eq: Aur: pin.
E.C. Heiss excudit Aug. Vind.
Fine mezzotint and etching, laid on album page. 318 x 210mm. 12½ x 8¼". Trimmd to plate with large false margins applied.
Queen Anne (1665-1714) ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702. She favoured moderate Tory politicians, who shared her Anglican religious views over their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs however grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until in 1710 Anne dismissed many of them from office. Despite many pregnancies, Anne died without surviving children and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart.
[Ref: 23981] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller. S.R.I. et Angl. Eq: Aur: pin.
E.C. Heiss excudit Aug. Vind.
Fine mezzotint and etching, laid on album page. 318 x 210mm. 12½ x 8¼". Trimmd to plate with large false margins applied.
Queen Anne (1665-1714) ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1702. She favoured moderate Tory politicians, who shared her Anglican religious views over their opponents, the Whigs. The Whigs however grew more powerful during the course of the War of the Spanish Succession, until in 1710 Anne dismissed many of them from office. Despite many pregnancies, Anne died without surviving children and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart.
[Ref: 23981] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Dux de Marlborough &c.
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller S.R.A. et Angl. Eq. Aur. pinx.
E.C. Heiss excud. aug. vind. Cum Privileg. S.C.M. [n.d., c.1710.]
Mezzotint. 325 x 220mm (13 x 8½"). Trimmed to image, tear in top left corner taped.
Portrait in oval of John Churchill (1650-1722) in wig and armour, after a portrait by Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723).
[Ref: 60209] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Jobus Ludolfus Sac. Cæs. Majest. nec non Seren. Saxoniæ Duc. Consiliarus.
G.B. v. Sand. pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691?]
Mezzotint, rare, with large margins. 270 x 175mm (10½ x 7").
Oval portrait of Hiob Ludolph (1624-1704), probably the frontispiece to Ludoph's own 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius', his study of Ethiopia. Ludolf , learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'. The artist and engraver of this portrait also collaborated on a portrait of Gregorius.
[Ref: 30232] £350.00
G.B. v. Sand. pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691?]
Mezzotint, rare, with large margins. 270 x 175mm (10½ x 7").
Oval portrait of Hiob Ludolph (1624-1704), probably the frontispiece to Ludoph's own 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius', his study of Ethiopia. Ludolf , learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'. The artist and engraver of this portrait also collaborated on a portrait of Gregorius.
[Ref: 30232] £350.00