Shelfmark
Ge.3.02
Author
Urban, 1568 - 1644 VIII, Pope,
Title
Maphæi S.R.E. Card. Barberini nunc Vrbani PP. VIII. Poemata..
Varying form of title
Maphaei S.R.E. Card. Barberini nunc Urbani PP. VIII. Poemata
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Poemata
Publication, distribution, etc.
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti., M.DC.XXXIV. [1684]
Physical description
[20], 290, [4] p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Note
Engraved title-page signed "Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit Corn. Galle sculpsit".
Note
Portrait of Urban VIII following title-page also executed by Cornelis Galle.
Note
With a preliminary half-title page, printed in red and black.
Note
Includes biographical information on Urban VIII on leaves 2*1v-2*2v, headed "Vrbanus PP. VIII. ad futuram rei memoriam." and signed at foot: "die XXX. Ianuarij M.DC.XXXI. Pontificatus nostri anno octauo. A.M. Maraldus. I. Sauenir.".
Note
Device of Urban VIII on recto of leaf 2O2; colophon on the verso.
Note
Printer's device on recto of leaf 2O3; the verso is blank.
Note
Signatures: [*]⁴ 2*⁴ 3*² A-2O⁴ (2O4 blank).
Note
Woodcut tail-pieces and initials.
Note
In verse.
Provenance
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
Contemporary calf with 20th century reback; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames; single-gold-fillet along board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Fi.2.14.
Subject
Urban, 1568 - 1644 VIII, Pope,
Added entry--name
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577 - 1640 artist.
Added entry--name
Galle, Cornelis, 1576 - 1650 engraver.
Added entry--name
Moretus, Balthasar, 1574 - 1641 printer.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Antwerp.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B48456