Ge.3.02
Urban, 1568 - 1644 VIII, Pope,
Maphæi S.R.E. Card. Barberini nunc Vrbani PP. VIII. Poemata..
Maphaei S.R.E. Card. Barberini nunc Urbani PP. VIII. Poemata
Portion of title: Poemata
Antuerpiæ, : Ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti., M.DC.XXXIV. [1684]
[20], 290, [4] p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Engraved title-page signed "Pet. Paul Rubens pinxit Corn. Galle sculpsit".
Portrait of Urban VIII following title-page also executed by Cornelis Galle.
With a preliminary half-title page, printed in red and black.
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.".
Device of Urban VIII on recto of leaf 2O2; colophon on the verso.
Printer's device on recto of leaf 2O3; the verso is blank.
Signatures: [*]⁴ 2*⁴ 3*² A-2O⁴ (2O4 blank).
Woodcut tail-pieces and initials.
In verse.
Book label of John Reynolds on front pastedown, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Contemporary calf with 20th century reback; boards have double-blind-fillet border frames; single-gold-fillet along board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Previous shelfmark: Fi.2.14.
Urban, 1568 - 1644 VIII, Pope,
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577 - 1640 artist.
Galle, Cornelis, 1576 - 1650 engraver.
Moretus, Balthasar, 1574 - 1641 printer.
Reynolds, John, 1671 - 1758 former owner.
Belgium Antwerp.
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