CORTE, Corneille de

Virorum illustrium ex ordine Eremitarum D. Augustini elogia cum singulorum expressis ad vivum iconibus

      apud Ioannem Cnobbarum, Antwerp 1636 - Contemporary vellum 4to . FIRST EDITION of this collection of biographies of famous members of the Augustian order illustrated with thirty beautiful full-page portraits engraved by Cornelius Galle after the drawings of Jacque Francquart. The splendid title-page was designed Peter Paul Rubes (see: Corpus Rubiniarum p. 68, ill, 23). The portraits include Aurelius Augustinus, Thomas de Villanova, Bonaventura Patavinus, Albertus Patavinus, Paulus Venetus, Onophrius Panvinius, Cornelius de Bye, Joannes Puteanus and others. The author, Corneille de Corte (Curtius: 1590?-1638), was an Augustinian monk. The present example of Rubens title-page production is among the "almost one third of his total output in this category of works" that wasn't found for Julius S. Helds extensive exhibition catalogue. Rubens and the Book, Title Pages by Peter Paul Rubens (Williamstown, MA: 1977) [16], 288 pp. With engraved title-page after Peter Paul Rubens design and 30 full-page engraved portraits by Cornelius Galle after Francquart. Wide margined copy. § Funk 299 "belle gravures"; Hollstein VII, 11; Corpus Rubiniarum p. 68, ill, 23 (for title- page). [Attributes: First Edition]