Divesarum Gentium Armatura Equestris. Ubi fere Europæ Asiæ atqu; Africæ equitandi ratio propria expressa est. Abrahamo Bruynus Excude.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/3950
Variant Title
Diversarum Gentium Armatura Equestris
Imprint
(Colon.: CIƆ.IƆ.LXXVII. Idib. Iulij.)
Physical Description
[16] p., engr. t.pl., engr. dedic., 52 pl. (as called-for in the 'Index Imaginum Singularum'); 183 mm. (Quarto.)
General Note
The plates are often found in irregular order. In the Royal Academy's copy they are bound in in the order, 1, 3, 5, 6, 4, 11, 9, 7, 8, 10, 12, 17, 15, 13, 14, 16, 18, 25, 23, 21, 22, 24, 26, 31, 29, 27, 28, 30, 32, 37, 35, 33, 34, 36, 38, 43, 41, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 51,49, 50, 52, 48, 45, 46.
Contents
[T.pl., engr. dedic.] - [Verses by A. Damman and G. Buchanan] - Hadr. Damman Gandavus, Iaspar Rutus Mechliniens. Et Abrahamus Bruynus Antverpianus S.D. Lectori; Index Imaginum Singularum; [verses by Philippus Grutherus] - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
Plate 1 is signed, 'Abraham d bruyn fecit 1575'; plates 7, 8, and the border of the title-plate are signed 'ADB'; the rest are unsigned.
The work is dedicated by Abraham de Bruyn to Gulielmo Duci Cliviæ.
The work is dedicated by Abraham de Bruyn to Gulielmo Duci Cliviæ.
References
Katalog Der Freiherrlich Von Lipperheide'schen Kostümbibliothek (2 v., repr.), vol. II, no. 2898, p.405; R. Colas, Bibliographie Generale Du Costume Et De La Mode (2 v., 1933, repr.), vol. II. no. 469, columns 164-5.
Summary Note
No publication-date or any imprint is given on the title page, but the preface, 'Hadr. Damman Gandavus, Iaspar Rutus ... Lectori', ends, 'Colon. CIƆ.IƆ.LXXVII. Idib. Iulij.' The dedication carries the date of 1576; plate 1 carries the date of 1575. In the same year a variant issue appeared under the same title - but in which the title word 'Divesarum' is corrected to 'Diversarum' and a plate showing weapons is found instead of the dedication-plate, among other differences (see Lipperheide).
The title-plate and engraved dedication carry elaborate borders. The plates are captioned in Latin and German and show armed horsemen of Europe, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Egypt, north Africa and India. A few riders are shown mounted on camels or elephants. In the Academy's copy the plates have been colored by hand.
The title-plate and engraved dedication carry elaborate borders. The plates are captioned in Latin and German and show armed horsemen of Europe, the Ottoman Empire, Iran, Egypt, north Africa and India. A few riders are shown mounted on camels or elephants. In the Academy's copy the plates have been colored by hand.
Provenance
The verso of the front free-endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A: H.', i.e. S. A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1869 (see 'Library Report for the year 1869', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 27).
Copy Note
Imperfect: wanting pl. 2, 19 & 20. The verso of the front free-endpaper is inscribed in pencil, '£1. 18. -'.
Binding Note
Contemporary calf, upper and lower covers ruled in blind; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Divesaru Gentium Armatura Equestris', spine lettered 'Ab. Bruynus'.
Subject
Armour - Costume - Dress - Horsemen - Cavalries - Horses - Europe - Turkey - Middle East - India - History
Pictorial works - Hand coloring - Germany - 16th century
Pictorial works - Hand coloring - Germany - 16th century
Contributors
Abraham de Bruyn, draughtsman, engraver, printer
Hadrian Damman
William Duke of Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg-Kleve-Mark, dedicatee
Hadrian Damman
William Duke of Jülich-Berg-Ravensberg-Kleve-Mark, dedicatee
