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Known in German as Franz Pelzel, Frantisek Pelcl (1734-1801) was a Czech writer, historian and scholar. The title of this work can be translated as "Pictures of Bohemian and Moravian Scholars and Artists." Each scholar has an engraved portrait and a short discussion. The last two scholars in volume one - Jonathan Eybeschütz and David Ben Abraham Oppenheimer - are Jewish. Religious reformer Jan Hus appears in volume one, page 61. A woman, Elizabeth Weston, appears in volume three, page 71. Weston, an English woman, married a Prague lawyer and was known for her Latin poetry. German text.
