JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
This fine engraving of Pythagoras was printed in 1739 and appeared in Veterum Illustrium Philosophorum, Poetarum, Rhetorim et Oratorum Imagines…and published by Jo. Petri Bellorii, in Rome. The engraving is very heavy and on a thick paper, and differs somewhat from image that below, which is sharper, with greater detail.
This second image I think was executed by an engraver copying Theodor Galle, which would make it 16th century, though for the life of me the print doesn’t feel to me to be that age–it is old, for sure, and I would’ve guessed 17th century, but not 16th. I’ve not found this image anywhere though I’ve found similar that point to Galle in the 16th c.
I’m just sharing this here because it is unusual in my experience to see competing similarities in antiquarian images of scientists–except if you’re talking about Newton, which is a different case.
