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BOISSARD, JEAN JACQUES (1528-16oz)

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BOISSARD, See also:JEAN JACQUES (1528-16oz) , See also:French See also:antiquary and Latin poet, was See also:born at See also:Besancon. He studied at See also:Louvain; but, disgusted by the severity of his See also:master, he secretly See also:left that See also:seminary, and after traversing a See also:great See also:part of See also:Germany reached See also:Italy, where he remained several years and was often reduced to great straits. His See also:residence in Italy See also:developed in his mind a See also:taste for antiquities, and he soon formed a collection of the most curious monuments from See also:Rome and its vicinity. He then visited the .islands of the See also:Archipelago, with the intention of travelling through See also:Greece, but a severe illness obliged him to return to Rome. Here he resumed his favourite pursuits with great ardour, and having completed his collection, returned to his native See also:country; but not being permitted to profess publicly the See also:Protestant See also:religion, which he had embraced some See also:time before, he withdrew to See also:Metz, where he died on the 30th of See also:October 1602. His most important See also:works are: Poemata (1574); Emblemata (1584); Icones Virorum Illustrium (1597) ; Vitae et Icones Sultanorum Turcicorum, &c. (1597); Theatrum Vitae Humanae (1596); Romanae Urbis Topographia (1597—1602), now very rare; De Divinatione et Magicis Praestigiis (16o5); Habitus Variarum Orbis Gentium (1581), ornamented with seventy illuminated figures.

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