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Epistulae Ortelianae 2 Part Set
Jan Hendrick Hessels (Ed.)
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Description for Epistulae Ortelianae 2 Part Set
paperback. The correspondence of the great sixteenth-century Flemish map-maker, Abraham Ortelius, in a monumental 1887 edition. Editor(s): Hessels, Jan Hendrick. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 68. Weight in Grams: 1400.
The publication between 1887 and 1897 of these letters, which form part of the archive of the Dutch Church at Austin Friars in London, was a remarkable feat of bibliography. The archive had been deposited in 1866 with the Library Committee of the Corporation of the City of London, and in 1884 Jan Hendrick Hessels began to prepare them for the press. The letters, written in Dutch, French, English, Italian and Latin between 1524 and 1723, throw light on the religious, intellectual and political ferment of the period: among the writers are Erasmus and Dürer; among the destinations, London, Antwerp, ... Read more
The publication between 1887 and 1897 of these letters, which form part of the archive of the Dutch Church at Austin Friars in London, was a remarkable feat of bibliography. The archive had been deposited in 1866 with the Library Committee of the Corporation of the City of London, and in 1884 Jan Hendrick Hessels began to prepare them for the press. The letters, written in Dutch, French, English, Italian and Latin between 1524 and 1723, throw light on the religious, intellectual and political ferment of the period: among the writers are Erasmus and Dürer; among the destinations, London, Antwerp, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge Library Collection United Kingdom
Number of pages
1064
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries
Number of Pages
1064
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108006965
SKU
V9781108006965
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