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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ex Libris, post: 10383594, member: 14916&quot;]In this book there are several art works from different ages. The oldest I have found so far is this large Capital C (84x84mm). Stylistically this is Late Nortern Renaissance.</p><p>Luckily the Museum Plantin Museum still has the <a href="https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collect/367699" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collect/367699" rel="nofollow">original woodblock</a> for this capital. This capital was designed by Pieter van de Borcht and cut by Antoni van Leest in 1578.</p><p><br /></p><p>Watch the specific damage of the woodblock to my copy and the one from the museum. They are from the same wood block.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522484[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the book there is also one page sized copper engraving:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]522488[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]522487[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This engraving depicts a biblical story where King David David sees the avenging angel punishing the people with the plague (2 Samuel 24).</p><p><br /></p><p>The Rijksmuseum has <a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/---e3a598a8eb3fda3ac8f79c09bf3e9baa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/---e3a598a8eb3fda3ac8f79c09bf3e9baa" rel="nofollow">a similar engraving in their collection</a>. They attribute the engraving to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Galle_the_Younger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis_Galle_the_Younger" rel="nofollow">Cornelis Galle the younger </a>(1615-1678) as the engraver. For me it is still unknown who the designer was.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522490[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The engraving on the title page shows Saint Peter and Saint Paul arounf an armorial shield with the armory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_XI" rel="nofollow">pope Clement XI</a> (1649-1721). First I thought this must be an 18th century engraving, but this orginates as a cartouche without the armoral of the specific pope as <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1891-0414-1056" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1891-0414-1056" rel="nofollow">this example in the British Museum</a> explains. They attribute this engraving to maybe Peter Paul Rubens, but it is more likely by his student <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_van_Diepenbeeck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_van_Diepenbeeck" rel="nofollow">Abraham van Diepenbeeck</a>. The Museum Plantin Moretus still posesses <a href="https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collect/207449" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://search.museumplantinmoretus.be/Details/collect/207449" rel="nofollow">a design for this engraving</a> with the armoral of an earlier pope (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Urban_VIII" rel="nofollow">pope Urban VIII</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]522491[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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