H. Beck von Leopoldsdorf, Document signed with signed autograph additions, 1577-1582

Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf

Document signed with signed autograph additions ("Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldstorff"; "H: Beck v. L.") 

3 pages, 4to (315 x 215cm.), papered seal, Ebreichsdorf (?), 5 January 1577-6 January 1582; together with: an autograph letter signed by Hannibal Beck von Leopoldsdorf (1556-1608, son of Hieronymus Beck), 1 page, Vienna, 12 December 1603; and an Italian translation of a decree by Louis XIV, papered seal,Nice, 9 December, 1707

The Austrian Hieronymus Beck von Leopoldsdorf (1525-1596) was a notable Renaissance scholar, the owner of a famous humanist library, which included the so-called Becksche Porträtbuch, a 320-page codex with copies of 235 portraits.