EMBLEM BOOKS -- (BOUTTATS, P.B.). Illustrissimo ac Reverendissimo Domino D. Josepho Anselmo Werbrouck ex Antistite Ruraemundensium XIV. Antwerpiensium Episcopo in solemni ad cathedram suam Adventu gratulatur (…). Antw., widow of J.B. Jouret, (1746). 35, (4) pp. W. a full-p. engr. of Bishop Werbrouck's coat of arms, an etched view of Antwerp in a separate scrollwork cartouche, an etching with the Bishop's residence(?) behind two putti supporting his arms and those of Roermond and Antwerp, the latter topped with the Imperial eagle, 8 engr. emblems, each in a second scrollwork cartouche, 2 woodcut tailpieces, 2 woodcut dec. initial letters and a woodcut dec., most of the engrs. are signed by P.B. Bouttats. 4°. Wrps. (Slightly soiled and some minor traces of use).
Gratulatory emblem book produced by the Antwerp Jesuits to celebrate the installation of the city's new Jesuit bishop: Josephus Anselmus Werbrouck (1692-1747), born in Ieper, studied with the Jesuits there and in Douai and entered the priesthood at Antwerp. He was named Bishop of Roermond (1742), Ieper (1743) and Antwerp (1745). Bouttats (1666-1755) was the last of a well-known Antwerp family of engravers, active for about a hundred years. - Anet Cat. (3 copies); Karlsruher Virt. Kat. (1 copy); not in De Backer-Sommervogel (!), Landwehr, Emblem Books Low Countries.€ 500
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