Galle, Cornelis I
GALLE, Cornelis I D. Catharinae Senensis virginis SSMAE. Ord. Praedicatorum vita ac miracula selectiora formis aeneis expressa. Antwerp Ph. Galle 1603 4to: [7-1 bl. incl. front. & portr.] pp., [32] ff., [7-1 bl.] pp. (some soiling & dampstaining, sm. lack of paper in pl. XV). Old calf (sl. rubbed), gilt spine with 5 raised bands (tiny wormholes at head), marbled endpapers. Good impression of a suite of 34 nice engravings: title with 8 small portraits, full-page portrait of St Catharine of Siena and 32 numb. plates by Cornelis Galle illustrating her life and miracles. Printed commentary by Michael Ophovius. Our copy has 6 text ff., as much as the 2 different editions in STCV together: foreword and dedication in Latin (2 ff.) and the life of Catherine in Dutch (4 ff.). Ink ms. Dutch translation of the Latin plate caption underneath each plate. Ms. Dutch verses on blank verso of 6 plates. Ref. BCNI 4957. - Simoni (BL) O-19. - STCV 6619615 (2 complete copies) & 12922821 (1). - Hollstein VII:241-274. - New Hollstein (Philips Galle):R12.
