Hondius, Hendrik. Icones virorum nostra patrumq[ue] memoria illustrium, quorum opera cum literar[um] studia, tum vera religio fuit restaurata

Someren, J.F. van. Beschrijvende catalogus van gegraveerde portretten van nederlanders: 169a
Folger bibliographic ID: 228742
Folger call number: 182- 327q
Folger holdings ID: 260780
Accession Number: 182327

Bibliographic format

folio

General notes

Consists of an illustrated title page; 49 portraits of Protestant Reformers and a few others, such as Erasmus of Rotterdam and Savonarola, each with Latin verses beneath; and a final leaf of verses with a depiction of the sun and moon circling the earth Most leaves are signed with the monogram of Hendrik Hondius the Elder Entirely engraved This set of engravings was later used to illustrate: Jacob Verheiden, Praestantium aliquot theologorum effigies (The Hague, 1602 and later eds.)

Item information about Folger 182- 327q

In early quarter red goat with marbled paper boards. The engraving of the sun, moon, and earth with verses below is bound after t.p. and not at end as reported in other copies

Extended title: Icones virorum nostra patrumq[ue] memoria illustrium, quorum opera cum literar[um] studia, tum vera religio fuit restaurata / ab Henrico Hondio sculptae aeneisq[ue] tipis excusae
Alternate titles: Icones virorvm nostra patrvmq. memoria illvstrivm, qvorvm opera cvm literar[um] stvdia, tvm vera religio fvit restavrata

Protestants Reformation

printmaker: Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650
publisher: Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-1650