C.H.Jeens [Etched in plate with signature]
[n.d. c.1875]
Engraving on india paper, proof before title. Plate 215 x 135mm (8½ x 5¼").
Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), doctor and author. After graduating from Oxford in 1627, he studied medicine at Padua and Montpellier universities, finishing his medical degree in Leiden in 1633. He settled in Norwich in 1637 and practised medicine there until his death. He also wrote on a variety of subjects: his 'Religio Medici' (The Religion of a Physician) was published without his authorisation in 1642 and was added to the the 'Papal Index Librorum Prohibitorum' the same year.
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