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1651 Biography of French antiquarian & scholar Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc antique
1651 Biography of French antiquarian & scholar Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc antique
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VIRI ILLUSTRIS NICOLAI CLAUDII FABRICII de PEIRESC
by Pierre Gassendi
Hague (Hagae Comitis); 1651
(Latin biography of renowned French antiquarian and scholar Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc)
Original overlapping vellum binding, manuscript title to the spine
Vellum soiled, very good interior
Size 3 by 5 1/4"
Text in Latin
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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ( 1580 – 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry.
His research included a determination of the difference in longitude of various locations in Europe, around the Mediterranean, and in North Africa.
He is notably known for having been Galileo’s lawyer, a close friend of Rubens, an art advisor to Marie de' Medici, a pioneer of Egyptology, and for undertaking the first map of the Moon based on telescopic observations. Marc Fumaroli described him as the prince of the Republic of Letters.
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by Pierre Gassendi
Hague (Hagae Comitis); 1651
(Latin biography of renowned French antiquarian and scholar Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc)
Original overlapping vellum binding, manuscript title to the spine
Vellum soiled, very good interior
Size 3 by 5 1/4"
Text in Latin
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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc ( 1580 – 1637), often known simply as Peiresc, or by the Latin form of his name, Peirescius, was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant, who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists, and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry.
His research included a determination of the difference in longitude of various locations in Europe, around the Mediterranean, and in North Africa.
He is notably known for having been Galileo’s lawyer, a close friend of Rubens, an art advisor to Marie de' Medici, a pioneer of Egyptology, and for undertaking the first map of the Moon based on telescopic observations. Marc Fumaroli described him as the prince of the Republic of Letters.
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