Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Bochius, Joannes, 1555-1609

Title:

Descriptio publicae gratulationis, spectaculorum et ludorum, in aduentu Sereniss. Principis Ernesti Archiducis Austriae ... Belgicis provincijs a Regia Ma[iesta]te Cathol. praefecti, : an. MDXCIIII. XVIII. Kal. Iulias, alijsque diebus Antuerpiae editorum. Cui est praefixa, De Belgij principatu a Romano in ea prouincia imperio ad nostra usq[ue] tempora breuis narratio. : Ad Principem Sereniss. et S.R.E. Cardinalem, Archiepiscopum Toletanum Albertum Archiducem Austriae, Ducem Burgundiae, &c. Cum carmine panegyrico in eiusdem Principis Ernesti, suscepto a Regia Ma[iesta]te Catholica Belgicarum ditionum imperio, in easdem prouincias aduentum. Accessit denique oratio funebris, in Archiducis Ernesti obitum ijsdem prouincijs luctuosissimum. / Omnia a Ioanne Bochio S.P.Q.A. a secretis conscripta.

Alternate Title(s):

Additional engraved title page on unnumbered page 49 (leaf E1 recto) begins: Descriptio gratulationis publicae, spectaculorum et ludorum, in aduentu Serenissimi Principis Ernesti Archiducis Austriae

Published / Created:

Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana, MDXCV [1595]

Physical Description:

174 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, music ; 41 cm (folio in 6s and 4s)

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
DB65.9.E7 B6 1595+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Omitted portion of title: Ducis Burgundiae, Comitis Habsp., Aurei Velleris equitis.

Plates etched by Petrus van der Borcht. According to A.J.J. Delen (Histoire de la gravure dans les anciens Pays-Bas, 2. ptie., 1934, pages 95-96), the etchings were based on the engraver's own designs. According to Hans Mielke (introduction to Bochius, Joannes. The ceremonial entry of Ernst, Archduke of Austria, into Antwerp, June 14, 1594, 1970, page xiii), Pieter van der Borcht may have used some of his own drawings for his etchings, but at least some of the drawings were probably by Joos de Momper.

Colophon: Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud viduam et Ioannem Moretum, MDXCV.

Signatures: A-F⁶ G⁴ H-I⁶ [K]⁶ L⁶ M-N⁴ O-P⁶ Q⁴.

Illustrations: 35 large etchings by Pieter van der Borcht, comprising title page and second separate title page (each within engraved ornamental border) and 33 illustrations (4 double) depicting triumphal arches, floats, open-air stages, etc.

Printer's device on title page and verso of last leaf (unnumbered page 176, leaf Q4 verso); woodcut initials; tailpieces.

Roman and italic fonts.

Delen, A.J.J. Histoire de la gravure dans les anciens Pays-Bas, v. II(1), pages 95-96

Funck, M. Livre belge à gravures, pages 280-281

Catalogue des livres rares et précieux composant la bibliothèque de M.E.-F.-D. Ruggieri, entry 1064

Vinet, E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts, entry 620

Watanabe-O'Kelly, H. Festivals and ceremonies, entry 2687

Six-voice hymn to Archduke Ernest, words and music in choirbook format: pages 82-83 (leaves H1 verso and H2 recto).

BAC DB65.9.E7 B6 1595+: Bound in contemporary calf. Autograph: Hermannius Hassia Landgrarius (i.e., Herman IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, 1607-1658?). With a few marginal annotations in Latin, possibly in the same hand. Armorial bookplate: Nordkirchen. Has bound with it: Bochius, Joannes. Historica narratio profectionis et inaugurationis serenissimorum Belgii principum Alberti et Isabellae, Austriae archiducum (Antuerpiae: Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, MDCII [1602]).

Subject Terms:

Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595 -- Early works to 1800. | Processions -- Belgium -- Antwerp -- Early works to 1800. | Visits of state -- Belgium -- Antwerp -- Early works to 1800. | Triumphal arches -- Belgium -- Antwerp -- Early works to 1800. | Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595 -- Poetry. | Belgium -- History -- 1555–1648 -- Early works to 1800. | Belgium -- History -- Early works to 1800. | Hermann IV, Landgrave of Hesse- Rotenburg, 1607–1658 -- Autograph. | Nordkirchen -- Bookplate.

Form/Genre:

Festival books. | Engravings.

Contributors:

Borcht, Petrus van der, 1545–1608, illustrator, engraver. | Rivière, Jeanne, -1596, printer. | Moretus, Jan, 1543–1610, printer. | Ernst, Archduke of Austria, 1553–1595, honouree. | Plantijnsche Drukkerij, printer.