1691 Collection (page 2)

Sir George Mackenzie
SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE Scottish lawyer and statesman Date: 1636 - 1691

Hanserd Knollys
HANSERD KNOLLYS Controversial baptist churchman Date: 1599 - 1691

Abraham Hondius
ABRAHAM HONDIUS (de Hondt) Dutch artist Date: 1638 - 1691

Rene Herault
RENE HERAULT French statesman, conseiller d etat, lieutenant-general de police. Date: 1691 - 1740

Johann Hedlinger - 2
JOHANN CARL von HEDLINGER German medallist Date: 1691 - 1771

Johann Hedlinger - 1
JOHANN CARL von HEDLINGER German medallist Date: 1691 - 1771

Marie De Hautefort - 3
MARIE DE HAUTEFORT, duchesse de Schomberg French social leader Date: 1616 - 1691

PANNINI, Giovanni Paolo (1691-1765). Concert given by Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld at the Argentina Theatre in Rome

BOYLE, ROBERT (1627-1691). ENGLISH
DESCARTES, Ren (1596-1650). French rationalist philosopher, mathematician and scientist. Les M t ores, work

BOYLE, Robert (1627-1691). English scientist. Frontispiece from Robert Boyles work Opera Varia, edition published

Urquhart Castle
A Norman castle on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland, built 13th century on an earlier wooden fort. It was blown up by the government in 1691 to prevent use by the Jacobites. Date: 13th century

Wagenseils Lifebelt
Johann Christof Wagenseils wasser-schild (life-shield) aims to keep you, and your loved ones, from a watery grave; it was tested on the Danube in Vienna. Date: 1691

Boyles hydrostatic apparatus for weighing materia medica 1691

The Tumacacori Mission, Arizona, USA - reputedly the oldest in the country. Mission San Jos頤 e Tumacᣯ ri is a historic Spanish mission preserved in its present form by Franciscans in

John Leland (Mono)
JOHN LELAND English presbyterian churchman

Richard Lower, Medical
RICHARD LOWER Cornish anatomist, interested especially in blood

Printing Example 1691
A very fine example of the use of fonts in 17th century printing

Siege of Cuneo 1691
The strategic location of Cuneo (Coni) in Piedmont means it is often besieged. Here, Eugene of Savoy raises a siege attempted by the French, much to the mortification of Louis

Pope Alexander VIII
POPE ALEXANDER VIII (Pietro Ottoboni)

Marie De Hautefort
MARIE DE HAUTEFORT Duchess of Schomberg and member of the court of Anne of Austria (later confidante of Cardinal Richelieu)

Buonannis Microscope
Buonannis horizontal microscope

John Leland / Chapman / Oval
JOHN LELAND English Presbyterian minister and Christian apologist

Play / Racine / Athalie
Act 5, scene 5 from the play by Jean Racine

Robert Boyle / Bird
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Robert Boyle / Chapman
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Robert Boyle / Rousseau
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Robert Boyle / Darton
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Robert Boyle / Holl
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Two-Headed Child / 1691
Two-headed child born alive at Pavia (died shortly afterwards)

Henry Duke Newcastle
HENRY CAVENDISH, second duke of NEWCASTLE statesman with his autograph

LOUVOIS
FRANCOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER marquis de LOUVOIS - autocratic French statesman who engineered the revocation of the Edit de Nantes and persecuted protestants

Robert Boyle / Kerseboom
ROBERT BOYLE Irish scientist, propounder of Boyles Law respecting gases

Pope Innocens XII
POPE INNOCENS XII (Antonio Pignatelli)

Robert Boyle (La Cave)
ROBERT BOYLE Irish physicist and chemist

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