Accession number
PML 62025
Published
Basileae : Apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium, anno M.D.LII. [1552]
Notes
"Cui succedit descriptio urbis Romae ... & altera urbis Constantinopolitanae ... sub iungitur Notitijs vetustus liber De rebvs bellicis ... item ... Disputatio Adriani Aug. & Epicteti philosophi."
1st ed.
An official listing of offices in the Roman empire, including numerous illustrations of insignia and uniforms, illustrations of ancient scrolls and codices in which these records were contained, buildings with architectural details, schematic maps, allegorical portraits of provinces, and geographic information.
Edited by Sigmund Gelen, with his preface to Andreas Vesalius.
Orthography of "u" and "v" in t.p. and colophon have been standarized to conform with that of text.
Printer's mark on t.p. and verso of final leaf.
Publishers' information from colophon.
Signatures: *⁸ a-o⁶ p⁴ q-r⁶.
The "Disputatio" at the end between Hadrian and Epictetus includes a full-page portrait of the two figures debating (leaf [r⁴]).
The anonymous "De rebus bellicis" has illustrations of military machinery and weapons (leaves q²-r³ verso).
The prefatory "Illyrici ... descriptio," which includes city views of 16th-century Istanbul and Rome, is by Beatus Rhenanus (leaves *3-*5).
Woodcuts by Konrad Schnitt ("CS"), many images being full-page; historiated woodcut initials.
1st ed.
An official listing of offices in the Roman empire, including numerous illustrations of insignia and uniforms, illustrations of ancient scrolls and codices in which these records were contained, buildings with architectural details, schematic maps, allegorical portraits of provinces, and geographic information.
Edited by Sigmund Gelen, with his preface to Andreas Vesalius.
Orthography of "u" and "v" in t.p. and colophon have been standarized to conform with that of text.
Printer's mark on t.p. and verso of final leaf.
Publishers' information from colophon.
Signatures: *⁸ a-o⁶ p⁴ q-r⁶.
The "Disputatio" at the end between Hadrian and Epictetus includes a full-page portrait of the two figures debating (leaf [r⁴]).
The anonymous "De rebus bellicis" has illustrations of military machinery and weapons (leaves q²-r³ verso).
The prefatory "Illyrici ... descriptio," which includes city views of 16th-century Istanbul and Rome, is by Beatus Rhenanus (leaves *3-*5).
Woodcuts by Konrad Schnitt ("CS"), many images being full-page; historiated woodcut initials.
Description
[216] p. : ill. (woodcuts), ports. ; 31 cm (folio)
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