Arias Montanus.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving, Sheet 80 x 65mm, 3¼ x 2½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Portrait of Benedictus Arias Montanus (1527-98), the Spanish orientalist whose polyglot edition of the Bible caused him to be denounced to the Inquisition, but he was aquitted. His works contained a number of maps relating to biblical studies, including the world, the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
[Ref: 25779] £45.00
Engraving, Sheet 80 x 65mm, 3¼ x 2½". Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Portrait of Benedictus Arias Montanus (1527-98), the Spanish orientalist whose polyglot edition of the Bible caused him to be denounced to the Inquisition, but he was aquitted. His works contained a number of maps relating to biblical studies, including the world, the Holy Land and Jerusalem.
[Ref: 25779] £45.00