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ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1567)
After Hans Holbein the Younger
17.7 x 12.2 cm.
In lower margin: "Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus./
Roterodamo mini tellus natalis origo,/ Non postrenal
inter batavas hinc nominis urbes./ Me celebrant clarum
famae praeconia magnae./ Barbaries per me cessk quod
fmibus exul:/ Divims dederim lucem quod rebus amae-
nam:/ Et Latii imbuerim linguas sermonis honore." (seven
lines)
I.
As described. Used In 1567-edition.
Madrid (Gabinete de estampas y bellas artes, Biblloteca
Nacional, Madrid)
n».
Verses In lower margin replaced by new text in letterpress:
"DES, ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS./ Quis tibi
Erasme bonos studiorum rrhlle labores/ Detrahat? atque
tuos quis neget esse sales?/ AEtas at nostros tua si contin-
geret annos,/ Scripsisses multa et recnus et brevius." (five
lines); added in margin right, also in letterpress:"B3 Used
in 1572a-edirion.
lib.
Verses m letterpress In lower margin replaced by engraved,
slightly different inscription: "DES. ERASMUS
ROTERODAMUS. / Quis Erasme [instead of Quis tibi
Erasme] " (five lines); added in margin right, also
engraved: "B3". Used in 1572b-ediuon.
ML
Portrait slighdy reworked. Added above portrait, at top
centre: "Obijt Basileae in Helvetijs V Id. lul. CIC[in
reverse]. IC [in reverse]XXXVLAEt.LXX. 5
Verses inlower
margin replaced by: "ERASMUS ROTERODAMUS/
Lubrica si tibi mens fiiit, et spinosior aequo,/ Ingenium
certe nobile, Erasme, fuit./ Felix, si rnixtas labruscas dul-
cibus vuis/ Prodiga desisset vinea ferre tua." (five lines);
erased in margin right: "B3", replaced by: "lanus Vitalis";
added in margin left: "35.b. !!
Used in 1604- and 1608-
editions.
Appendix 2E
255
Used in:
Virorum (1567), no. ??; Virorum ..... (1572), no. B3;
Illustrium Galliae (1604), no. 35b; ïllustrium GaJliae
Lit.:
(1608), no. 35b
TIB. 56, p. 461, no. 138; Burgers 1988, p. 118, no. 106;
Bodar 1989
Desiderius Erasmus, Rotterdam 1466 - Basle 1536; Dutch
humanist and theologian, (Catholic) critic of the Roman
Church. Several of his works were published by Plantin
(Voet 1980-83, nos. 1126-1135). Engraved by Philips
Galle, verses by ?? (1567-edition), Benito Arias Montano
(1572-edition) and Janus Vitalis (1604-edition).The vers
es by the Sicilian poet Janus Vitalis have been cited from
one of the editions of Paolo Giovio's Elogia doctorum viro­
rum, first published in 1546. Copied in reverse after an
engraving by Frans Fiuys, published by Hieronymus Cock
m 1555 (Hollstein 132). In turn, this print follows die pro
totype of Hans Holbein's painted portrait of Erasmus In
Longford Casde, of which numerous copies and versions
exist. No copies have been listed, as it is impossible to
determine whether a print follows Galle's engraving or
one of the many other prints after Holbeins painting.
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ESCLUSE, CHARLES DE U (1587)
After Martino Rota
16.7 x 11.1 cm.
In lower margin:"CAROLUS CLUSIUS./Tu qui PAN-
NONIIS nascentia lilia in hortis,/ Quaeque horns radiant
lilia in HESPERUS,/ Ac Eores aliasque herbas producis
in oras,/ Clusi, et in hoc horto flosculus unus eris." (five
lines)
In margin right: "29".
Used in:
Imagines ..... (1587), no. 29; Imagines ..... (1595), no. 29;
Imagines (1606), no. 29
Lit,:
TIB. 56, p. 455, no. 126