Claudius Salmasius
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Claude Saumaise, also known by the Latin name Claudius Salmasius, was a French classical scholar.
Dissertatio de foenore trapezitico, 1640
Portrait by David Bailly
De usuris liber, 1638
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder
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Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder was a Dutch classical scholar, poet and diplomat. He travelled all over Europe to visit the major libraries and over time collected Europe's largest private library in the
Claudius Salmasius
…invitation from Queen Christina induced him to visit Sweden in 1650. Christina loaded him with gifts and distinctions. Salmasius had enemies there: Nikolaes Heinsius, son of his foe Heinsius, but also Isaac Vossius (son of Gerardus) with whom he had fallen out. They circulated gossip about him. Salmasius withdrew…
Portrait of Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder by Willem van Mieris
Title page of Poemata (1653)