Augustarum imagines aereis formis expressae : vitae quoque earundem breviter enarratae, signorum etiam, quae in posteriori parte numismatu[m] efficta su[n]t / ratio explicata ab Aenea Vico Parmense ...

Accession number

PML 1660

Creator

Vico, Enea, 1523-1567, engraver.

Published

Venetiis : [P. Manutius Aldus], 1558.

Credit line

Purchased with the Toovey collection,

Description

[20], 192, [4] p. : ill., (engravings), ports. ; 25 cm.

Notes

Engraved t.p. with architectural border.
Translation by N. Conti of: Le Imagini delle donne auguste intagliate in istampa di rame. Vinegia, 1557. Cf. BM v. 248, c. 376.
Translated from the Italian into Latin.
"De même que le volume des médaille

Binding

Contemporary Swiss light brown morocco over pasteboard (25 x 18 cm), gold-tooled (largely gouge work), inlays of red, light and dark green, and dark brown morocco in the design of a terminus surrounded by arabesque ornaments, by the Kings' Binder, Geneva,

Provenance

[Likely shares provenance with PML 1661.1-2: Georg Sigismund Prakschicky von Zastrisel (1582-1614, Moravian noble active in Geneva), inscription and painted armorial of John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (1578?-1600) commemorating visit with Zastrisel, date

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Classification

Binding Collection

Century

16th century

Department

Printed Books