Jobus Ludolfus sac.caes. maiest. nece non seren. Saxoniae duc. Consiliarius. Vultum Bocharti sculptum qui vidit in aere, Hoc illi positum noverit elogium; Quic quid Arabs, Phoenix, Gerajus docuitq Latinus, Inclusum vasto pectore solus habet. At non sufficuint magno haec adscripta Ludolfo, Laus illi major famaq major erit. Scaligeri genium referunt tua scripta, Ludolfe; Tu posthac Orbi Scaliger Alter eris. W.E.Tenzel.
Pet: Schenk fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privil: Ord: Holl: et West Frisae.
[n.d. c.1730.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, with small margins. Plate 247 x 178mm. 9¾ z 7".
Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) was a German orientalist. Whilst in Rome searching for various documents, he became acquainted with one Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara, and acquired from him an intimate knowledge of the Ethiopian language.
[Ref: 26060] £220.00
[n.d. c.1730.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, with small margins. Plate 247 x 178mm. 9¾ z 7".
Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) was a German orientalist. Whilst in Rome searching for various documents, he became acquainted with one Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara, and acquired from him an intimate knowledge of the Ethiopian language.
[Ref: 26060] £220.00