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ITALORUM BOCTRXNA XXXUSTRIUM IMAG­
INES (1600)
Published by Theodoor Gallc and jan Moretus
25 engravings
This series consists of a typographically printed tide page,
a one-page index set in letterpress on the verso of the tide
page and 25 portraits of Italian scholars from the late
Middle Ages onwards.The series is arranged more or less
chronologically, the plates themselves are not numbered.
The tide page informs the reader that the engravings were
incised by Philips Galle, while the work was published by
Theodoor Galle in collaboration with Jan Morems of the
Offkina Plantiniana. Furthermore, the title page also refers
to a slighdy earlier broadsheet engraving - published by
Jan Moretus and Theodoor Galle jointly in 1599 - with
the portraits of nine Greek scholars from the late four­
teenth- and fifteenth century (compare chapter 2, note
93 and fig. 32).
As yet only one copy has been found, located in the British
Library, inv. 564.c.20(1). Added at die back of this copy Is
a three-page, manuscript index - probably written In die
early seventeenth century. As this index also includes die
names from Philips Galle's earlier 1572- and 1587-edi-
tions, it logical to assume that at one point these three
collections of portraits were bound together. Now added
as convolute is an early Impression of Dominique
Lampsons Piciorum aliquot celebrium Germaniae Inferiotis
effigies, as published by Volcxken Diericx - die widow of
Hieronymus Cock - in 1572.
Fifteen plates were used from Philips Galle s earlier series
of portraits, in order of their appearance in the Index of
the book: Pope Pius II (1572b),Thomas ab Aquino (1587),
Francesco Petrarca (1572b), Dante Alighicri (1572b),
Marsilio Ficino (1572), Angelo Poliziano (1572b),
Francesco GrifFolini (1587), Jacopo Sannazaro (1587),
Ludovico Ariosto (1587), Pandolfo Collenuccio (1587),
GiampictroValeriano (1587),Aldo Manuzio (1587),Paolo
Manuzio (1587), Andrea Alciati (1567) and PietroVettori
(1587). All of these portraits certainly have been engraved
by Philips Galle. The verses in the lower margin are still
exactly the same as in the original scries, written by Benito
Arias Montano (1572-edition) and Frans van Ravellngen
(1587-edirion).
The 10 newly engraved portraits are, again in order of
their appearance in the Index: Ermoiao Barbara, Daniel
Appendm 2 I
310
Barbara, Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Marco
Girolami Vida, Marcantomo Maioragio, Carlo Sigonio,
Fulvio Orsini, Ippolito Capilupi, Lelio Capilupo and
Giuseppe Castiglione. Judging by style and technique
these images have not been engraved by Philips Galle, but
by an unknown collaborator from the Galle workshop. As
yet, it is unknown who is the author of the verses in the
margin.
Lit,:
Johnson 1965, p. 81; die book will also be listed in Dirk
Imhof's forthcoming catalogue (1998) of books printed
and published by Jan Moretus, no. G-5.