, an eminent and learned bookseller, was born Dec. 11, 1635, at Middleburg.
, an eminent and learned bookseller, was born Dec. 11, 1635, at Middleburg. Losing
Jhis father early in life, he was so unfortunate as to have a
harsh father-in-law, who, being no scholar himself, would
not permit the young man to devote his time to study, but
forced him to choose some business. Goere'e fixed on that
of a bookseller, as one which would not wholly exclude
him from the conversation of the learned, nor from the
pursuit of his studies; and he accordingly found time
enough, notwithstanding his necessary occupations, to cultivate his genius, and even to write several valuable books,
in Flemish, on architecture, sculpture, painting, engraving, botany, physic, and antiquities. He died May 3,
1711, at Amsterdam. His principal works are, “Jewish
Antiquities,
” 2 vols. fol. “History of the Jewish Church,
taken from the Writings of Moses,
” 4 vols. fol. “Sacred
and Prophane History,
” 4to “Introduction to the practice of universal Painting,
” 8yo “Of the Knowledge of
Man with respect to his Nature, and Painting,
” 8vo
“Universal Architecture,
” &c.