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108
PIUS II {1567}
16.2 x 12.1 cm.
In margin underneath, In letterpress;"Al'NEAS SILVIUS
SENENSIS, POSTEA/ PIUS. II. NOMINATUS./ Sum
Pius Aeneas fama notissimus Orbi,/ Quern rexi Pastor,
Scriptor et institui./ Quaestio nulla fere est, in qua non
docta reliqui/ Argumenta mei fertilis ingenij." (six lines)
In margin underneath, also in letterpress: "A3".
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1567-edition. Mentioned by Van Someren (p. 122), not
yet found.
n.
As described. Used In 1572a-editlon.
Used in:
Virorum ..... (1567), no. ??;Virorum ..... (1572), no. A3;
Pontificum (1572), no. 13
lit.:
TIB. 56, p. 487, no. 192
Pius II (Enea Silvio Piccolimini, also called Aeneas
Sylvius), Corsignano (later renamed Pienxa) 1405 -
Ancona 1464; Italian humanist and poet, bishop mTriest
and Siena, elected as pope in 1458. Engraved by Philips
Galle, verses by ?? (1567-edition) and Benito Arias
Montano (1572-edition). In this portrait Pius II is shown
en profil, looking to die left. He wears the dara and in the
upper right corner are his coat of arms. In 1572 Galle
reused this portrait in his series of popes and engraved a
new, reversed version for the 1572b-edition, with the
inscriptions engraved in the margin.
109
PIUS II (1572)
17.6 x 12.2 cm.
In margin underneath: "AENEAS SILVIUS SENENSIS,
POSTEA/ PIUS II NOMINATUS./ Sum Pius AEneas
fama notissimus Orbi,/ Quern rexi Pastor, Scriptor et
Institui. / Quaestio nulla fere est, in qua non docta reliqui/
Appendix. 2E
281
Argumenta mei fertilis ingenij " (six lines; translation, see
above). In margin right:"A3".
Used in:
Virorum ..... (1572), no. A3; Italorum ..... (1600), no. 2
Engraved by Philips Galle, verses by Benito Arias
Montano. Copy in reverse after the earlier engraving by
Philips Galle. Galle engraved this new, reversed version of
Pius II for the 1572b-edition, with the inscriptions
engraved in the margin and without the coat of arms in
the upper right corner. Pius II Is portrayed en profil, look­
ing to the right; instead of the aara he wears a simple cap.
110
PLANTIN, CHBJSTOFHE (1572)
17.7 x 12.1 cm.
In lower margin, in letterpress: "CHRISTOPHORUS
PLANTINUS,/ TURONENSIS./ Qui Plantine bonas
hoc tempore iusserat art.es/ Crescere,te iussk praela parare
Bens./ Omnia chresa [in Greek letters], inquit, doctorum
scripta manebunt,/ Haec plus excudat dummodo
Christophorus. !S
(six lines)
In margin right, also in letterpress: S
*E4 ,S
.
fa.
As described. LJsed in 1572a-edltion.
Ib.
Verses in letterpress in lower margin replaced by engraved,
slightly different inscription: "CHRISTOPHORUS
PLANTINUS TURONENSIS [on one line]/ ....
Omniae [instead of Omnia](five lines); added in mar­
gin right, also engraved: "E4". Used in 1572b-edition.
Used in:
Virorum (1572), no. E4
Lit,:
TIB. 56, p. 482, no. 182
Christophe Plantin (Cristoffel Plantijn, Christophorus
Plantinus), Saint Avertin 1514? ~ Antwerp 1589; French
printer, publisher and humanist, active in Antwerp and
Leiden (1582-85), friend of Philips Galle. Engraved by
Philips Galle, verses by Benito Arias Montano.