Accession number
PML 129420
Creator
Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601.
Published
Romae ; anno Domini MDLXXXXII. [1592]
Credit line
Bequest of Curt F. Bühler, 1985.
Notes
Engr. t.-p. incl. ornamental border & arms of dedicatee, Stefan Batory, king of Poland.
Coat of arms of Io. Baptistae de Cavalleriis on recto of l. [A]. Printers' device on verso of last leaf (157) with motto "Nil me dvrivs".
"Series Rom. Imperatorvm eo ordine, quo sibi successerunt, collectas cui numeri foliorum etiam respondent." (3 prelim. pages at front)
Colophon: Romae; apud Franciscum Coattinum. M.D.LXXXX.
Foliation follows numbering of engr. portraits; six leaves have double numbers: 87-88, 98-99, 100-101, 111-112, 116-117, 118-119.
Date on t.p. possibly changed from 1590.
PML copy: t.p. with two areas cut out of engraved t.p. at bottom of architectural border; at right side of t.p. is inscribed very lightly "T 8".
Engraved t.p. (*1) conjugate with l. *4, the last two unnumbered preliminary leaves are followed by two conjugate blank leaves.
PML copy: plate for Emperor Galba incorrectly placed with biography of Emperor Caligula, and the plate of Emperor Caligula incorrectly placed facing the biography of Emperor Galba.
Bühler, Lib. 93.
Coat of arms of Io. Baptistae de Cavalleriis on recto of l. [A]. Printers' device on verso of last leaf (157) with motto "Nil me dvrivs".
"Series Rom. Imperatorvm eo ordine, quo sibi successerunt, collectas cui numeri foliorum etiam respondent." (3 prelim. pages at front)
Colophon: Romae; apud Franciscum Coattinum. M.D.LXXXX.
Foliation follows numbering of engr. portraits; six leaves have double numbers: 87-88, 98-99, 100-101, 111-112, 116-117, 118-119.
Date on t.p. possibly changed from 1590.
PML copy: t.p. with two areas cut out of engraved t.p. at bottom of architectural border; at right side of t.p. is inscribed very lightly "T 8".
Engraved t.p. (*1) conjugate with l. *4, the last two unnumbered preliminary leaves are followed by two conjugate blank leaves.
PML copy: plate for Emperor Galba incorrectly placed with biography of Emperor Caligula, and the plate of Emperor Caligula incorrectly placed facing the biography of Emperor Galba.
Bühler, Lib. 93.
Description
6 p. 1., 157 (i.e. 151) numb. 1. : ill. (engravings) ; 18 cm
Provenance
Ex libris L. Herman (bookplate); From the library of Curt F. Bühler.
Binding
Contemporary vellum, title inscribed on spine.
Classification
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