Author: BIVERO, Pedro de - D.F. (? or B.F.) engraver
Title: Sacrum oratorium piarum imaginum Immaculatae Mariae..... (Suite of 18 emblematical copper engravings).
Description: S.l.s.d., (Antwerpen, 1634) .Suite of 18 copper engravings, 122 x 80 mm, printed on paper size 245 x 180 mm, portrait format with engraved captions above and underneath the illustrations, sewn, marbled wrapper. Some of the engravings are signed in the plate DF (or B.F.). The engravings were used to illustrated the ''Sacrum oratorium...'' by Bivero. This book appeared in Antwerpen in 1634 (B. Moretus). In all it contained 57 illustrations (divided over its 4 parts). The engraver nor designer has been identified. According 'De Backer-Sommervogel'' vol. I col.1526 the Plantin museum has 9 drawings by Adam van Noort pertaining to this edition. The curious thing about this suite is that most of the engravings are in mirrored view compared with the book illustrations. The engravings are correctly bound in the same order as they appear in the book : the second part (from pp. 190 till pp 440 (one missing - pp 425-426). The fact that the binder observed the book order leads to the supposition that the suite was composed nearly contemporary with the book. Rare and enigmatic emblematical suite. (The engravings are of the highest quality, some of them are more detailed that the book illustrations !). .

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