Principes Hollandiae Et Zelandiae, Domini Frisiæ: Auctore Michaële Vosmero. Cum genuinis ipsorum iconibus, à Theodorico Aquitaniæ ad Iacobam Bavariæ, diversorum quondam pictorum opera, ad vivum sedulò depictis: Nunc autem primùm ex vetustissimis parietibus, in Carmelo onsessæ urbis Harlemi, per præsidarios direpto, industria Guilielmi Thybauti repertis, ac sincerè unà cum reliquorum Principum figuris, ad instar probatissimorum exemplarium delineatis.
Antverpiae: Excudebat Christophorus Plantinus Philippo Gallæo., M.D.LXXVIII.
Physical Description
87, [1] p.: 36 full-page illus.; 248 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p.] - Renati Dunii Epigramma - [Dedic.] - Ad Lectorem - Monosticha De Ordine Et Tempore Imperii Singulorum Principum - [Text and illus.] - Principum Hollandiae Et Zelandiae - Apostrophe Ad Principes Hollandiae; [approbation].
Responsibility Note
The title-page vignette is signed as printed by Philippus Galle. None of the numbered illustrations is signed.
References
L. Voet, The Plantin Press (1555-1589): a bibliography (6 v., 1980-3), no. 2475. C. Sorgeloos, Labore et constantia (1990).
Summary Note
The approbation carries the date of 1577.
The thirty-six full-page engraved portraits of the rulers of the Low Countries are printed recto and each is faced by a short biography in Latin verse printed on the verso of the preceding leaf.
Provenance
Purchased in 1868 (see 'Report on the Library', RA Annual Report for 1868, Appendix No. 6, p. 32).
Binding Note
16th-century calf; rebacked in 20th century, spine lettered 'Principes Hollandiae Vosmero 1578'.
Subject
Rulers - Monarchs - Celebrities - Netherlands - Belgium - History
Portraits - Netherlands - Belgium - History
Biography - Latin verse - Belgium - 16th century
Pictorial works - Belgium - 16th century