Le breuiere des courtisans :
enrichy d'vn grand nombre de figures /
par le sr. de la Serre, historiographe de France.

Description

Main Author

La Serre, (Jean-Puget), M. de approximately 1600-1665.

Related Names

Schoor, Gillis van, 1596-
Mallery, Philippe de, 1598-
Jode, Pieter de, 1570-1634.
Galle, Cornelis, 1576-1650.
Horst, Nicolaus van der, d. 1646.

Language(s)

French

Published

A Brusselles : Chez Francois Vivien ..., 1630.

Subjects

Jesus Christ > Jesus Christ / Passion > Jesus Christ / Passion / Early works to 1800.
Courts and courtiers > Courts and courtiers / Moral and ethical aspects > Courts and courtiers / Moral and ethical aspects / Early works to 1800.
Engravings > Engravings / Belgium > Engravings / Belgium / 17th century.
Devotional literature > Devotional literature / Belgium > Devotional literature / Belgium / 17th century.

Note

Signatures: ā⁸ ē⁴ A-T⁸.
Vivien's engraved device on t.p. (Good Shepherd). Added engraved title with St. Jerome by Pieter de Jode after Nikolaus van der Horst. Port. of Charles Eusebius, prince of Liechtenstein, to whom the work is dedicated. Port. of the author by Cornelis Galle. Seven full-page ill. after Horst by de Jode, Galle, Philippe de Mallery and Gillis van Schoor, contrasting courtly life with the Passion of Christ. Woodcut head-pieces, initials.

Physical Description

[24], 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 17 cm. (8vo)

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