1573 The Treaty and Agreement of the Spiritual Marriage ANTIQUE illustrated RARE

Galle, Ph.

Le traicté et accord des Nopces spirituelles

engraved in copper by P. Galle;

sung by Benedictus Arias Montanus; and explained in French verse by P. Heyns


Antwerp, Ant. Diest for P. Galle; 1573 (dated in colophon  -  1574)

 28 copper plates, lacks title (plates 1-3 partially missing (pls see photos attached))

"The Treaty and Agreement of the Spiritual Marriage"

(original Latin title: Divinarum nuptiarum conventa et acta ) is a famous illustrated religious collection published in Antwerp in 1573.

This Renaissance work is the result of a remarkable artistic and intellectual collaboration:

The copper engravings executed and published by the famous Antwerp engraver Philippe Galle (1537–1612), based on drawings by Gerard P. Groenning.

The original poems were composed by the great Spanish humanist and theologian Benito Arias Montano( Benedictus Arias Montanus )

The textual explanations and rhymes in Old French were adapted by the Flemish playwright and humanist Pieter Heyns


18th-century leather binding. A few blank leaves at the back are filled with period manuscript entries

 Rare

Size 5 1/4 by 7 1/2"

Text in French, annotations to the plates in Latin

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