Bolswert, Schelte Adams Lot n° 28

BOLSWERT, Schelte Adams Iconographia magni patris aurelii Augustini Hipponensis episcopi, et ecclesiae doctoris excellentissimi [...]. Studio et cura F. Eugenii Wamelei Augustiniani edita, 1624. Suite of 28 engravings, publ. Antwerp, 18,2 x 21,4 cm, laid paper 27,7 x 36,5 cm; engr. numbers and Latin captions (margins sl. brown. and foxing, marg. reinforcement to pl. 8, closed tear just touching the picture to pl. 17, faint and unobtrusive traces of pencil on title). Sewn in later decorated paper covers. Very good impression. Rare complete set in 1st impression incl. a title, a portrait of Augustinus and 26 plates engraved by S.A. Bolswert but pl. 21 & 23 by C. Galle. Commissioned by G. Maigret (1573-1633), Augustinian theologian and superior of the "Provincia Belgica" of his Order at the time. "The Augustinian series of Bolswert and Galle exerted tremendous influence around the world. In the Americas it served as a model to several series on the life of Saint Augustine" (Pessca).  Ref. Hollstein III, p. 81, 201-228. - Pessca, Project on the Engraved Sources of Spanish Colonial Art https://colonialart.org/galleries/2. Prov. Armorial engr. bookplate Biblioteca Gabrielli (Prince Mario Gabrielli, 1773-1841, son-of-law of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino).