Etchings, Engravings and Lithographs
THEOPHILUS BONETUS
£75.00
Vintage restrike 6 5/8 inch x 9 1/8 inch engraving titled THEOPHILUS BONETUS.
Half-length, full face, clerical garb, holding book. Theophilus Boneti or Bonetus (1620–1689), a Swiss physician, collected records and notes of hundreds of postmortem examinations that were performed by his contemporaries or earlier physicians. In 1679 he published the collection in 2 volumes, containing 1706 pages.
Inscription: ‘Ex morte vita. Theophilus Bonetus. D:M: Serenissimi principis Henrici AB Aurelia Loncavillae ducis medicus at: 59: an. 1679’.
Print size 11 inch x 14 inch
The engraving is in very good condition with age related toning. Reverse side blank.
Availability: 1 in stock
