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BIBLICAL ENGRAVINGS -- Historia de el Nuevo Testamento ... representada en mas de ducientas estampas muy curiosas, esculpidas por los mas celebres esculptores de los Payses-Baxos. Amberes: Juan Batista Verdussen, 1722. A collection of 9 engraved works, restrikes from plates once owned by Johannes Galle, the richly hand-coloured biblical scenes comprising:
VOS, Maarten de. Vita, Passio, et Resurrectio Iesu Christi. Antwerp: Ioan Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 51 numbered engraved plates including title by Jan Baptist Barbé, Jacques de Bie, Adriaen Collaert, Jan Baptist Collaert, and Cornelis Galle 1 after de Vos. J. Galle published the fourth edition, c. 1636. Holl. 275-325 -- HEEMSKERCK, Maarten van and Ioannes STRADANUS. Acta Apostolorum. Antwerp: Ioannes Galleus, [n.d]. Engraved title and 34 engraved plates by Philips Galle after van Heemskerck and Stradanus. J. Galle published the fourth edition, the first and second by P. Galle were dated 1575 and 1582. Holl. Heemskerck 395-410 (plates 1-18); P. Galle 187-219 -- Visiones Apocalypticae. [Antwerp]: Ioan. Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 24 small numbered plates on 4 leaves -- STRANDANUS, I. Vita Beati Mariae Virginis. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Galle excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 14 plates only on 7 leaves (of a possible 18) by Adrian Collaert after Stradanus. First published by A. Collaert c. 1589; the plates were 'coarsely re-engraved' by J. Galle for the second edition. Holl. Collaert 548-556, 558-560, 562-563 -- A suite of 14 numbered engraved portraits of Jesus and the Apostles on 5 leaves after 'IH. W.' (without title), one plate dated 1574 -- VOS, M. de. Icones illustrium feminarum Novi Testamenti. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Gale excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 15 numbered portraits on 6 leaves by Ioannes Collaert after de Vos. J. Galle was publisher of the third edition. Holl. 508a-522 -- STRADANUS, I. Icones illustrium feminarum Veteris Testamenti. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Galle excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 20 portraits by I. Collaert after Stradanus. Holl. Collaert 86-105 -- STRADANUS, I. Icones prophetarum Veteris Testamenti. Antwerp: à Ioanne Gallaeo excusae, [n.d.]. 25 numbered plates only on 13 leaves by C. Galle after Stradanus including title (lacks plates 24-25 of a possible 27, last plate holed) -- HEEMSKERCK, M. van. Iosias Rex Iuda. [Antwerp]: Ioan Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 7 engraved plates by P. Galle after Heemskerck.
Oblong 2° (255 x 305mm). General title printed in red and black. All the plates hand-coloured in the 18th century and heightened in gold. (Margins browned, occasional short tears, some minor repairs.) 19th-century calf, spine gilt (label scuffed, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Libreria Coelho, Lisbon (bookseller's ticket). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
VOS, Maarten de. Vita, Passio, et Resurrectio Iesu Christi. Antwerp: Ioan Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 51 numbered engraved plates including title by Jan Baptist Barbé, Jacques de Bie, Adriaen Collaert, Jan Baptist Collaert, and Cornelis Galle 1 after de Vos. J. Galle published the fourth edition, c. 1636. Holl. 275-325 -- HEEMSKERCK, Maarten van and Ioannes STRADANUS. Acta Apostolorum. Antwerp: Ioannes Galleus, [n.d]. Engraved title and 34 engraved plates by Philips Galle after van Heemskerck and Stradanus. J. Galle published the fourth edition, the first and second by P. Galle were dated 1575 and 1582. Holl. Heemskerck 395-410 (plates 1-18); P. Galle 187-219 -- Visiones Apocalypticae. [Antwerp]: Ioan. Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 24 small numbered plates on 4 leaves -- STRANDANUS, I. Vita Beati Mariae Virginis. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Galle excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 14 plates only on 7 leaves (of a possible 18) by Adrian Collaert after Stradanus. First published by A. Collaert c. 1589; the plates were 'coarsely re-engraved' by J. Galle for the second edition. Holl. Collaert 548-556, 558-560, 562-563 -- A suite of 14 numbered engraved portraits of Jesus and the Apostles on 5 leaves after 'IH. W.' (without title), one plate dated 1574 -- VOS, M. de. Icones illustrium feminarum Novi Testamenti. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Gale excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 15 numbered portraits on 6 leaves by Ioannes Collaert after de Vos. J. Galle was publisher of the third edition. Holl. 508a-522 -- STRADANUS, I. Icones illustrium feminarum Veteris Testamenti. [Antwerp]: Ioannes Galle excudit, [n.d.]. Engraved title and 20 portraits by I. Collaert after Stradanus. Holl. Collaert 86-105 -- STRADANUS, I. Icones prophetarum Veteris Testamenti. Antwerp: à Ioanne Gallaeo excusae, [n.d.]. 25 numbered plates only on 13 leaves by C. Galle after Stradanus including title (lacks plates 24-25 of a possible 27, last plate holed) -- HEEMSKERCK, M. van. Iosias Rex Iuda. [Antwerp]: Ioan Galle excudit, [n.d.]. 7 engraved plates by P. Galle after Heemskerck.
Oblong 2° (255 x 305mm). General title printed in red and black. All the plates hand-coloured in the 18th century and heightened in gold. (Margins browned, occasional short tears, some minor repairs.) 19th-century calf, spine gilt (label scuffed, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Libreria Coelho, Lisbon (bookseller's ticket). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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