Lot n° 386

GOLTZIUS, Hubert.- Fastos magistratuum et triumphorum romanorum ab urbe condita ad Augusti obitum ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum monumentis restitutos. Brugis Flandrorum, (excudebat Hubertus Goltzius), 1566 (mense martio). In-f° : [24,...

Estimation : 500 - 600 €
Adjudication : 500 €
Description
engr. title incl.]-288-[44] pp. (light marginal dampstains sometimes on all the length of the margin, some pp. slightly browned, wormhole in the lower margin in the end of the vol.).

Modern binding : brown leather, ribbed spine (light scratches, spine slightly rubbed).

→ONLY EDITION of this work on the history of the Ancient Rome, from its origins until the death of August, containing 234 wood or copper-engravings related to numismatics and epigraphy. Allegorical engraved title figuring Rome dominating the enslaved people; large mark of Goltzius (1526-1583) at the reverse of last leaf.


USTC 401258;
BB III-247/248;
Funck 323;
Hubertus Goltzius en Brugge. Cat. d'expo. Brugge, 1983, p. 50 and n° 40;
Adams G-833;
BT 1296;
not in Machiels nor in Soltész.

Provenance :
•M. de Bérenger (emblazoned ex libris);
•René Moreau 1871 (handwritten mention on the ex libris).

→Unique édition de cet ouvrage relatant l'histoire de la Rome antique, des origines à la mort d'Auguste. Contient 234 pl. numismatiques ou épigraphiques. Plein cuir moderne (claires mouill. marg. parfois sur toute la longueur de la marge).
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