Xauerius, orbe peragato, moritur in littore Chinarum

Xaverius, orbe peragato, moritur in littore Chinarum

[Galle, Cornelis, 1576-1650 (possibly)]

[Moretus, Balthasar, 1574-1641]

Jesuits

print

[Balthasar Moretus]

(Antwerp]

[1640]

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 106 x 140 mm. on sheet 365 x 230 mm.

paper

Latin

Netherlands

Pr. 108 of: IMAGO PRIMI SÆCVLI SOCIETATIS IESV A PROVINCIA FLANDRO-BELGICA EIVSDEM SOCIETATIS REPRÆSENTATA

Print of: "IMAGO PRIMI SÆCVLI SOCIETATIS IESV A PROVINCIA FLANDRO-BELGICA EIVSDEM SOCIETATIS REPRÆSENTATA." edited by Balthasar Moretus in 1640. According to Landwehr, ornamental border engraved by Cornelius Galle, according to Insolera, print engraved by flemish artist. In the upper right corner of the sheet: "721". In the upper centre of the sheet, above the print, title in woodcut: "Xauerius, orbe peragato, moritur in littore Chinarum.". In the bottom right corner, in woodcut: "Yyyy".

Good

Francis Xavier, Saint, 1506-1552

Emblems
Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)

Biblioteca Angelica

Fondo Antico

F.7.9,p.721

Link to mother card

F.7.9,frontispiece,before_p.1,p.43-47,p.49-52,p.173-203,p.317-330,p.452-72,p.474-480,p.564-580,p.714-727,p.937-946,p.948-949

Lydia Salviucci Insolera, L' «Imago primi saeculi» (1640) e il significato dell'immagine allegorica nella Compagnia di Gesù. Genesi e fortuna del libro, Rome, Pont. Università Gregoriana, 2004, p. 315, Tav. LVIIb; John Landwehr, Emblem and fable books pri