Den Wech Des Eevwich Levens P. Antonius Sucquet

Den Wech Des Eevwich Levens

Author	P. Antonius Sucquet
Publisher	Antwerpen: Hendrick Aertssens I , 1622
Edition	2
Weight	1080 gram
CF	BCNI 7140; Backer-Sommervogel VII, 1690, nr. 1, VIII, 1515, nr. 5; Praz, Studies, p. 506-7; Landwehr (Emblem & Fable Bks Low Countr.) 766; Emblem Bks Leiden 484; Brunet V, 577; Funck ( Livre Belge Grav.) p. 248. Not in De Vries.
Keywords	emblemata, emblem books, catholic emblem books, Vlaanderen, Jezuieten, Jesuits, Bo�tius � Bolswert , meditation, iconography, Antwerpen, eternal life, illustrated books
Booknumber	21046
Category's	Old & Rare (17th Century) Mental Sciences (Theology & Religion) Art (17th Century) Books on Books (17th Century) Books on Books (Book Illustrations) Art (Religious) Art (Graphic Art & Printing Art) Art (Iconography)
in-8�. Pp (16), 881, (41) + 32 numbered engravings outside of text. With engraved allegorical title-page. Black blind-tooled leather with copper clasps. Collation: (.?.)8, A-2X8, 2Y12 +4, 2Z-3L8 3M6 ((between folia Y4 and Y5 an additional gathering is added).. Fingerprint identical to STCV 3114487. A very popular emblematical work, arranged as a series of meditations, by the Jesuit Antoine Sucquet. Many religious emblem books were published during the 17th and 18th centuries, and of these, Sucquet�s work was one of the most popular. Beause of its engravings by Bo�tius a Bolswert , it was especially important for the development of the 17th-century Christian iconography. The counter-reformation produced a great number of emblematic meditation-books where text and illustrations are interwoven. Emblem books were therefore much favoured by the Jesuits for the purposes of teaching, as religious propaganda, and to provide subjects for meditation. The 17th-century Jesuit curriculum prescribed that emblems were composed in the schools. Members of the highest classes in the Flemish Jesuit colleges each composed an emblem, and the production of the entire class was collected in commemorative albums painted by professional artists and calligraphers. The meditation on the soul's relation to Christ was precisely guided by provision of references in the engravings. The first religious catholic emblem book was published in 1571 and composed by Arias Montanus. In 1601 Jan David composed the first Jesuit emblem book, the �Veridicus Christianus�. Sucquet�s work is composed around the widely spread concept of the �homo viator in bivio�, the creature who during his life again and again arrives at the cross and has to make the good choice for the narrow and difficult path to his eternal destination. It is divided into 3 books: 1. Van den Wech der Ghenen die Eerst Beghinnen ; 2. Van den Wech der Ghener die Voordt-Ganck Doen; 3. Van den Wech der Volmaeckte. (On the Debut, the Progression and the Perfection). Complete title-page: �Den Wech Des Eevwich Levens. Beschreven int Latijn, door P. Antonius Sucquet, over-geset door P. Gerardus Zoes, beyde priesters der Societeyt IESU. Door den Aucteur van niews oversien en vermeerdert. Met Beelden verlicht door Bo�tius A. Bolsvert. T�Antwerpen by Hendrick Aertssens. MDCXXII�. The work was translated from the Latin: �Via vitae aeternae iconibus illustrata per Bo�tium a Bolswert�, published in 1620 (STCV:6601067). The first Dutch edition was also published in 1620 (STCV:3194533; BCNI 6838). This 2nd edition was corrected and enlarged by the author. Antoine Sucquet (1574-1627) was not only one of the most popular Jesuit authors of his time, but he served also as rector of the Society�s college in Brussels and as provincial of the Flemish-Belgian province. The Dutch translation is from his fellow-Jesuit Gerardus Zoes (1579-1628). Bo�tius Adamsz. � Bolswert (ca 1580-1633), from Frisia, was the elder brother of Schelte Adamsz. � Bolswert, the celebrated engraver of Rubens. Bo�tius, was also a great engraver in the baroque style and a pupil of Abraham Bloemaert. He had a print-selling business in Antwerp and illustrated a number of books including several emblem books. Bo�tius� 32 full-page copperplate religious emblemata are outside of the text with their explanation on the opposite page. Hendrick Aertssens I (1613-1658) published a number of Jesuit emblem books during the 1620s. Apart from the allegorical engraved title-page there are several woodcut initials and a great number of woodcut vignettes. The text is printed in six typefaces. With a Table of Materials and a Table of Meditations, the imperial (6-III-1620) and archducal (13-XII-1619) privileges and the approbatios of the 1st en 2nd impressions (25-VII-1619 and 4-II-1622). Upper clasp complete, of the Between Y4 and Y5 an additional gathering is inserted. lower one only the 2 catches remaining. Frontal flyleaf missing. Otherwise a very good copy with strong prints.
Prijs	� 725.00

Obrechtstraat 4
3572EE, UTRECHT
The Netherlands
Tel	+31 6 42600325
@	info@zaalbooks.nl
CoC	30183562
VAT	NL176385307B01