| Description |
xl, 404, [28] p. : 39 ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm. (8vo) |
| Note |
Signatures: *-2*⁸ 3*⁴ A-2D⁸. |
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Engraved, illustrated title page, after Peter Paul Rubens, and 38 full-page emblematic engravings by Cornelis Galle. See Landwehr and Praz. |
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With half title. |
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Printer's device on verso of leaf 2D7. |
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Initials; tailpieces; printed marginal notes. |
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Last leaf blank. |
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Produced on a run of 1500 copies, each of which consist of 29.5 sheets and cost 20 stuivers (cf. MPM M39) -- cf. Short Title Catalogue Flanders (STCV) |
| Contents |
Liber primus. Praeambula ad viam crucis ineundam -- Liber secundus. De optimâ crucem ferendi methodo -- Liber tertius. De baiulatae crucis fructibus. |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Indexed In: |
Landwehr, J. Emblem books in the Low Countries, 186 |
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Praz, M. Studies in 17th cent. imagery (2nd ed.), p. 361 |
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STCV, c:stcv:6843143 |
| Local Note |
Copy at S.M. Add. 101 imperfect - lacks half title (*1) and final blank (2D8). |
| Collection |
Stirling Maxwell. |
| Provenance |
Ford, James, of Southlands, active 1848. Inscription in copy at S.M. Add. 101.
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Henry Sotheran & Co. Sold S.M. Add. 101 to University of Glasgow in 1965.
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Abdij van Boudelo. Manuscript inscription in copy at S.M. Add. 473.
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Boudelo (Cistercians : Ghent : Belgium). Manuscript inscription in copy at S.M. Add. 473.
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Cistercians (Boudelo: Ghent : Belgium). Manuscript inscription in copy at S.M. Add. 473.
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Hamilton Palace Library. Copy at S.M. Add. 473.
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Yates, Thompson and Bright. Copy at S.M. Add. 473 is one of 4 items in lot 147 in sale of.
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Christie, Manson & Woods. Copy at S.M. Add. 473 acquired via.
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Smith, C. (Charles), 1789 or 1790- Binder of copy at S.M. Add. 473.
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| Place & Date |
Antwerp 1635
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| Printer/Binder |
Moretus, Balthasar, 1574-1641.
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Plantin Press, active 1520-1610.
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| Copy specific |
Provenance of copy at S.M. Add. 101: James Ford (fl. 1848), Southlands - inscription at head of front free endpaper verso, "James Ford, Southlands, 1848"; Henry Sotheran Ltd, bookseller, London: sold to University of Glasgow on 30th November 1965 for £12.12.0 according to our acqusition record A0088/1. University of Glasgow: purchased from Henry Sotheran Ltd. |
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Annotations in copy at S.M. Add. 101: 19th century excerpts from Walter Scott on verso of front free endpaper, and in the same hand, from John Donne on the front flyleaf; 19th/20th century manuscript note tipped in at the end with bibliographical notes; two items of printed ephemera tipped in - one, some lines in Latin on the cross beginning, "In hoc signo legem prophetas..." pasted to front flyleaf - the other, a poem by J. S. B. Monsell beginning, "Blest sign of man's Redemption..." on the rear free endpaper; various unread booksellers' marks? in pencil in the guttering of page v (*3r): " and on the rear free endpaper. |
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Binding of copy at S.M. Add. 101: 19th century red morocco with gold-tooled border and spine decoration; full gilt edges; red marbled endpapers. |
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Provenance of copy at S.M. Add. 473: Boudelo Abbey, Ghent, Cistercians - 17th/18th century inscription (washed) in red ink at head of titlepage: "Bibliothecae Baudeloo"; Hamilton Palace Library (ie. library of William Thomas Beckford and that of his son-in-law Alexander Douglas Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton) - pencil manuscript inscription on verso of front free endpaper, "from Hamilton Palace Library". Likely item number 156 (case 26, shelf 3) as listed in the manuscript, 'Catalogues of the Beckford and Hamilton Palace libraries' (MS Gen 1055-6). Lot 499 "fine emblematical plates, russia extra, gilt edges, by C. Smith" in, 'The Hamilton Palace Libraries. Catalogue of the second portion of the Beckford Library, removed from Hamilton Palace which will be sold by auction... on Monday, the 11th of December, 1882, and eleven days following...' (London: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1882); acquired by unknown member of Bright, Thompson and Yates families at some point from 1800s to 1940s - exact provenance unknown ; University of Glasgow: lot 147 (along with three other items) in "Yates, Thompson and Bright: a family of bibliophiles Wednesday 16 July 2014" (London: Christie's, 2014). |
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Annotations in copy at S.M. Add. 473: various nota marks in pen and pencil throughout; various unread booksellers' marks? in pencil and blue crayon on front free endpaper; excerpt from a sale catalogue apparently describing this copy also pasted to verso of front free endpaper, listing sale price "£2.17.6". |
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Binding: England, 19th century brown russia with double gilt fillet border; gold-tooled spine with title, author, place and date; gold-tooled double fillet board edges and turn-ins; full gilt edges; marbled endpaper; endpaper stamped "Bound by C.S. Smith" at head of verso. |
| Library Class |
Sp Coll S.M. Add. 101
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Sp Coll S.M. Add. 473
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| Subject |
Stations of the Cross -- Meditations.
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Holy Cross -- Early works to 1800.
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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Emblems -- Early works to 1800.
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Emblem Books, Latin.
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| Other Author |
Galle, Cornelis, 1576-1650, engraver.
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| Alt Title |
Regia via crvcis
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| Running Title |
Regiae viae crvcis
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