Year/Century: 16th century
Language: Latin
Subject: Illustrated
Binding: Vellum
Description: AUGUSTI OBITUM EX ANTIQUIS TAM NUMISMATUM QUAM MARMORUM MONUMENTIS RESTITUTOS, FASTOS MAGISTRATUM ET TRIUMPHORUM ROMANORUM AB URBE CONDITA. by GOLTZIUS, Hubertus Brugis Flandrorum (Bruges); 1571 Manuscript title on the spine of the original overlapping limp vellum with knots still visible. Page size: 9 x 12" Fully decorated with 234 wood and copper engravings of numismatic and epigraphic subjects, as well as an allegorical title page depicting Rome ruling the captive peoples surrounding it. A few pages have mildew. This book covers the history of ancient Rome from its founding to the demise of Emperor Augustus, and it is the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. It has 234 engravings in total—72 woodcuts and 162 copper engravings—that chronologically illustrate Rome's history through its coins, medals, and inscriptions. Southern Netherlands-born Hubert Goltzius, sometimes known as Goltz, was a Renaissance painter, engraver, and printer. Fully decorated with 234 wood and copper engravings of numismatic and epigraphic subjects, as well as an allegorical title page depicting Rome ruling the captive peoples surrounding it. A few pages have mildew. This book covers the history of ancient Rome from its founding to the demise of Emperor Augustus, and it is the FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. It has 234 engravings in total—72 woodcuts and 162 copper engravings—that chronologically illustrate Rome's history through its coins, medals, and inscriptions. Southern Netherlands-born Hubert Goltzius, sometimes known as Goltz, was a Renaissance painter, engraver, and printer.
Adams G-833, BB III-247/248, Funck 323; Hubertus Goltzius en Brugge [exhibition catalog] (Brugge, 1983), p. 50 and no. 40; USTC 401258 are some references to this work.
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