"For My Worthy Friend Mr. Franciscus Junius": An Edition of the Correspondence of Francis Junius F.F. (1591-1677)

1146 Pages·2004·47.668 MB·English

by  Sophie van Romburgh

BRILL'S STUDIES
IN
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
General Editor
A.J. VANDERJAGT, University of Groningen
Editorial Board
M. COLISH, Oberlin College
J.I. ISRAEL, University College, London
J.D. NORTH, University of Groningen
R.H. POPKIN, Washington University, St. Louis-UCLA
VOLUME 121
PUBLISHED FOR THE SIR THOMAS BROWNE INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN
FOR MY WORTHY FREIND
MR FRANCISCUS JUNIUS"
An Edition of the Correspondence
of Francis Junius F.F. (1591-1677)
BY
SOPHIE VAN ROMBURGH
• s
BRILL
LEIDEN · BOSTON
2004
Illustration on the cover. Portrait of Junius in De Schilder-konst der oude begrepen in drie boecken
(Middelburg: Z: Roman, 1641), engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar after the painting by Anthony
van Dyck, and provided with a couplet by Joost van den Vondel. [UBL, 2361 F 56; reduced].
© Leiden University Library.
This book is printed on acid-free paper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677.
"For my worthy freind [sic] Mr Franciscus Junius" : an edition of the correspondence of
Francis Junius F.F. (1591-1677) / by Sophie van Romburgh.
p. cm. — (Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 121)
Text of correspondence chiefly in Latin, with translation, notes, and commentary in English.
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral—Universiteit Leiden, 2002).
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 90-04-12880-8
1. Junius, Franciscus, 1589-1677—Correspondence. 2. Art historians—Europe
—Correspondence. 3. Humanists—Europe—Correspondence. I. Tide:
"For my worthy freind Mr Franciscus Junius". II. Tide: For my worthy friend Mr
Franciscus Junius. III. Romburgh, Sophia Georgina van, 1969- IV Tide. V Series.
N7483J85A4 2003
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ISSN 0920-8607
ISBN 90 04 12880 8
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I forbear e to imite more at large about other things,
seeing fidnds at a personall meeting
can runne over more matters in hälfe an home,
then write in hälfe a day.
Junius to Thomas Marshall, 1666

CONTENTS
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Life 3
Corpus 13
Intellectual Exchange 19
Composition 42
Modesty 49
Edition 53
Editorial Principles 57
List of Correspondents and Letters Exchanged 65
Inventory of the Corpus 69
Texts, Translations and Commentary 83
Appendix 1059
Bibliography 1079
Index 1103