EditorialCaryophyllus X. Mercurius. Plate 67 from 'Hortus Nitidissimis Omnem per Annum Superbiens Floribus', Nuremberg, 1768, Print made by Adam Ludwig Wirsing, 17331797, German, after Georg Dionysius Ehret, 17081770, German, 1768, Engraving with original hand ...
EditorialPortrait with the name, Ascanius Philamarinus, below. Ascanius Philamarinus was a Cardinal Archbishop of Naples. . Antistitum pr?clarissim? Neapolitan? ecclesi? catalogus ab apostolorum temporibus ad hanc usque nostram ?tatem, et ad annum MDCXLII...
EditorialJohann Adam Von Schall. Historica Relatio de ortu et progressu Fidei Ortho. A. Hanckwitz: Ratisbon, 1672. A portrait of Johann Adam Von Schall (1591 - 1669). German missionary, in China, and astronomer. Image taken from Historica Relatio de ortu et pr...
EditorialPortrait with the name, Ascanius Philamarinus, below. Ascanius Philamarinus was a Cardinal Archbishop of Naples. . Antistitum pr?clarissim? Neapolitan? ecclesi? catalogus ab apostolorum temporibus ad hanc usque nostram ?tatem, et ad annum MDCXLII...
EditorialHyacinth hybrid variety, Marie de Medicis, Hyacinthus orientalis. Handcoloured botanical copperplate engraving by Adam Ludwig Wirsing from Christoph Jacob Trew's Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens floribus, Nuremberg, 1774.
EditorialWhite/cream binding. Tooled in gold; Pierced parchment or vellum, with a coloure lining beneath. All over design; Repeated motifs. Officium B. Mari? Virginis, Nuper reformatum et Pii v. Pont. Max. iussu editum. (Hymni per totum annum.-Orationes Donin...
EditorialSir John Hawkins or Hawkyns (1532-1595). English navigator and naval commander. Portrait. Herwologia Anglica, hoc est clarissimorum et doctissimorum aliquot Anglorum qui floruerunt ab anno Cristi MD. usq. ad presenrem annum MDCXX. Viv? effigies, vit?...
EditorialPortrait with the name, Ascanius Philamarinus, below. Ascanius Philamarinus was a Cardinal Archbishop of Naples. . Antistitum pr?clarissim? Neapolitan? ecclesi? catalogus ab apostolorum temporibus ad hanc usque nostram ?tatem, et ad annum MDCXLII...
EditorialJohann Adam Von Schall. Historica Relatio de ortu et progressu Fidei Ortho. A. Hanckwitz: Ratisbon, 1672. A portrait of Johann Adam Von Schall (1591 - 1669). German missionary, in China, and astronomer. Image taken from Historica Relatio de ortu et pr...
EditorialHyacinth hybrid variety, Marie de Medicis, Hyacinthus orientalis. Handcoloured botanical copperplate engraving by Adam Ludwig Wirsing from Christoph Jacob Trew's Hortus nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens floribus, Nuremberg, 1774.