17th-century librarians

Danish physician, mathematician and theologian

German writer, scholar and diplomat (1599-1671)

French librarian, 1600–1653

French astronomer

Greek scholar, theologian, and keeper of the Vatican library (1586–1669)

Italian cardinal (1597-1679)

Dutch scholar and poet (1580-1655)

French mathematician and librarian

French theologian

German-Dutch classical scholar, professor of Greek and history and librarian in Leiden (1611-1671), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Johannes Fredericus Gronovius (1611–1671)

philologist

Dutch classical scholar

Benedictine scholar, librarian, bibliographer

German humanist (1596-1661)

German historian

Catholic cardinal (1620-1700)

German botanist (1656-1716)

French bibliographer

French historian

Roman antiquarian of Greek origin.

Scottish Calvinist minister and member of the Hartlib Circle

Italian librarian, philologist and professor (1607-1682)

French politician

French scholar and astrologer

French librarian and jurist

Scottish lawyer, Lord Advocate, essayist and legal writer (1636 – 1691)

German academic

English writer (1664-1695)

Italian scholar (1589–1665)

English linguist

German lyric poet (1623-1686)