Johannes Jessenius à Jessen [Jeszensky]. Woodcut.

[Wittenberg?] : [publisher not identified], [1621?]

1 print : woodcut ; image, lettering and border 26.5 x 15.7 cm

Vera ac viva effigies Johan. Jesseni à Jessen, equit. ungarici, medic. doct. ac primùm quid. in florentiss. Witteberg. Acad. Anatomices ac Botanices Profess. Publ. postmod. v. Reg. bohem. Archiatri, Consiliar. Oratoris & Legati; Pragæ demùm fata tristiss. experti, <Greek> tou en hagiois. <Roman> Deus mihi hæec ocia fecit Hic tibi Jesseniæ depicta est umbra figuræ <...> quemlibet arte virum. Frid. Taub. In the lettering there is a space between Deus and mihi where the word "Saxoque" (present in earlier impressions) has been gouged out of the woodblock. Presumably it was considered inappropriate after Jessenius' terrible death

Wellcome Collection 44045i