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Cardinals Portrayed GALLE, Theodore. XII cardinalium pietate, doctrina rebusque gestis maxime illustrium imagines et elogia. Antwerp, Theodorus Gallaeus in aes incidit; Philippus Gallaeus excudit, 1598. 4to (251 x 195mm), pp. [32], numbered 1-5 including engraved title and introduction, then 13 full page copper engravings each with 1 page of text; bound in nineteenth-century half roan over boards, extremities a little rubbed, but remarkably strong impressions.

First edition of what is probably the rarest of several books of 'Effigies' or portraits engraved and published by Phillipe Galle. Depicted are twelve Cardinals renowned for their piety and teaching. It was dedicated to Albert VII of Austria (q.v.) when he was Archbishop of Toledo (1594-1598). Each features a portrait engraved by Theodor Galle, although the one of Pietro Bembo seems to have been pulled from the plate engraved by Philips Galle. In all 13 cardinals are depicted, with the relevant name and a two-line eulogy below, also engraved. Two English cardinals are included, the martyred John Fisher and Reginald Pole, and also the poet and grammarian, Pietro Bembo. and another great contributor to the revival of learning, Cardinal Bessarion, whose birthplace was Trebizond. The text of this work was printed by Plantin-Moretus (see Imhof G.9) and is probably by Andreas Schotus. USTC 402426; Adams G-143; Dekesel G-4; Imhof G-9; Sommervogel VII, 876, 13; Andrew Pettegree & Malcolm Walsby, Netherlandish Books: Books Published in the Low countries and in the Dutch language abroad before 1601, 12823.

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Sachgebiete: Kupferstich, Religion, Religionsgeschichte, Renaissance

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