Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina

Title

Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina

Alternative Title

Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina : prout opera RR. patrum Societatis Iesu Collegij Germanici et Hungarici moderato[rum], impensa S.D.N. Gregorij PP. XIII in ecclesia S. Stephani Rotundi, Romae, Nicolai Circiniani pictoris manu uisuntur depicta / ad excitandam pio[rum] deuotionem a Joanne Bapta. de Cauallerijs, aeneis typis accurate expressa, anno D[omi]ni M.D. LXXXV.

Creator

Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601.

Publisher

Romae : Ex officina Bartholomaei Grassi, [1585]

Date

1585

Format

32 prints : etching, engraving ; 33 x 22 cm

Description

Previously issued 1583; cf. BM STC Italian, 1465-1600, p. 185. "The second state of [the t.p.], with the 'III' in the date changed to 'V, ' privilege note added and Grassi's imprint added at the foot"--Mortimer.

Title page (title within architectural border) and 31 engraved reproductions of the frescoes of Circignani (called Il Pomarancio) in S. Stefano Rotondo, Rome; latter numbered in plate 1-31, with engraved captions and legends.

For 1st state of engraved t.p., cf. Johnson, A.F.A catalogue of Italian engraved title-pages in the sixteenth century. 1936. no. 3.

Plate mark: 22 x 15 cm. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Giles of Kailzie

Imperfect: lacking title-leaf and leaves 30, 31.
Unrelated engraving of S. Urbanus Martyr laid in

Provenance

Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Giles of Kailzie

Contributor

Cicognara, L. Libri d'arte e d'antichita?, 2008
Index Aureliensis, 140.412
Adams C-1181
Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 126

Language

Latin

Identifier

Dated 1585 .C38

Relation

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Collection

Citation

Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601. , “Ecclesiae militantis triumphi, siue, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 18, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/743.