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drawing in the Albertina - compare Hollstein, vol. 6,
p. 255, no. 94a; ibid, vol 7, p. 79, no. 388;TIB. 56, p. 374,
no. 99; Riggs 1971, p. 332, no. 91 and Van deVelde 1975,
p. 433, no. P 141.
42. Cp.Veldman 1977a andVeldman 1986, passim.
Also see chapter 4, where the collaboration between Gallc
and Heemskerck is analyzed m detail. On the series to
which the here reproduced engraving belongs, see
Hollstein, vol. 8, p. 238, nos. 70-75 (as Coornhcrt); New
Hollstein, Maarten van Heemskerck, vol. '1, pp. 117-121,
nos. 132-137;TIB.56 3pp.42-47,nos.013il-6;Riggs 1971,
p. 341, no. 123.
43. On the rare Head of a reveller, see Hollstein,
vol 7. p. 83 , no, 788 and TIB. 56, p. 495, no. 206. In 1585
a second edition (or possibly an accurate copy in the same
direction?) with. German verses was on the art market; see
Christopher Mendez, sales catalogue, June 1985, no. 13.
This version lacks the signature of Galle and the address
of Peeters.
44. On the series after Heemskerck, see Hollstein,
vol 8, p. 248, nos. 476-483; New Hollstein, Maarten van
Heemskerck, vol. 1, pp. 221-226, nos. 265-272;TIB. 56,
pp. 221-228, nos. 63:1-8; also see chapter 4. On Floriss
Tabula eebetis,see Hollstein, vol 6, p. 255, no. 94;ibid., vol.
7, p. 80. no. 401 ;TIB. 56, p. 313, no. 82;Van deVelde 1975,
pp. 430-431, no. P134 and Raupp 1981, pp. 26~28,no. 1
(wrongly describing a later edition by the Amsterdam
publisher Joos de Bosscher as the first edition).The impres­
sion of the Tabula cebetis in Brussels also includes an elab­
orate Latin text, set in letterpress and printed on separate
sheets of paper. This text is signed by Peeters and ends
with his address: "AJNTVERPIAE,/ excudebat Martinus
Petreius in insigni Aurei/ Fonris prope novam Bursam/
Cum gratia et privilegio/ Ad sexennium."
45. On the tradition of illustrating this subject in
Netherlandish art and its relation to literary publications,
see Boas 1918 and Boas 1920. It is interesting to note that
Floriss composition - unknown to Boas - was engraved
three years before the first Dutch translation of the Latin
text was issued (also in Antwerp).The woodcut illustra­
tion on the frontispiece of this edition of 1564 is a sim­
plified copy in the same direction after Galle s engraving;
cp. Boas 1918, p. 14.
46. Cp. Burger 1915 andVoet 1975, p. 26.
Notes Chapter 1
152
47. This print was made by Frans Hogenberg after
a drawing by joris Hoefhagel, who had been in Poitiers
himself in 1561 .The engraving was used in the fifth vol­
ume ofBraun and Hogenberg's monumental atlas Cwiiaies
orbis terramm (1598); cp. Koeman 1967-85, vol. 2, p. 21.
On the history of this town atlas - of which Philips Galle
obtained the exclusive right of sale in Antwerp at the date
of appearance of the first volume in 1572 - see Skelton
1965 and Koeman 1967-85, vol. 2, pp. 10-14.The infor­
mation on the inscriptions was apparently updated by
Georg Braun, who scratched his own name on the stone
in 1580 - the last year which can be deciphered on the
engraving. If the transcriptions on the engraving are lit­
erally correct, Hendrick (or perhaps Hubert?) Gokzius
visited the dolmen in 1577, just prior to his arrival in
Haarlem.; Burger 1915, p, 73. In general, the possibility of
a journey by Goltzius to Poitiers is doubted; cp. Reznicek
1961, p. 48.
48. Galle included the likenesses of Mercator and
Ortels in his series of portraits of scholars; compare chap­
ter 2, and appendix 2E, nos. 92 and 100.The close friend­
ship between Galle and Ortels continued until the latter s
death in 1598; compare Hcssels 1887, passim. In 1573 and
again in 1582 Philips Galle published Deorum dearumque,
an album with etched reproductions of ancient coins from
Ortels s collection, see chapter 2, note 107. From 1577 to
1598 Galle also published 11 editions, in four languages,
of the 'pocket' version of Ortels s famous atlas Theairum
orbis terramm; cp. Koeman 1964, passim; Koeman 1967-
85, vol 3, pp. 71-77, nos. Ort. 47-57 andVoet 1980-83,
vol 4,pp. 1699-1708, Finally, Galle in 1596 issued Ortels s
historical treatise Aurei saecuti imago, illustrated with etch­
ings by Pieter van der Boreht; cp.Van de Waal 1952, vol.
1, pp. 172-175 and Cockx-Indestege 1968-94, vol. 1, p.
179, no. 2284. As mentioned above (note 47) Philips Galle
represented the interests of Frans Hogenberg - living and
working in Cologne - in the sale of his Civitates orbis ter­
ramm in Antwerp from 1572 on wards. Apparendy he occa­
sionally also acted as sales representative of other publica­
tions by Hogenberg; compare Hessels 1887, pp. 306-307,
Galle also acted on behalf of Mercator in Antwerp, sell­
ing the latter s globes and maps to Plan tin; Voet 1962, p,
178 and 194.
49. The plausible suggestion that Galle's Haarlem
print-shop was unlicensed, thus accounting for the lack
of an address on most of the engravings, was first made
byVeldman 1977a, pp. 106-107