MEGISER, Hieronymus Icones & vitae Paparum (...) omnium Romanae sedis Pontificum, a D. Petro, usque ad Clementem IIX. effigies (...) Singulorum vitae (...). 1602 J. Brathering, 8vo, old sheep (somewhat worn, front joint split), gilt spine, marbled...
Estimation :
250 / 350
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
endpapers, [16]-639-[1] pp. (paper age-toned). Good copy.
1st ed. of an extensive illustrated collection of short biographies of Popes (up to Clement VIII, i.a. Hadrian VI on pp. 580-583) by H. Megiser (1554-1618). Ill. with some 300 woodcut portraits and coat-of-arms. Title in red & black. Printed within border of type ornaments. Libr. stamp and ticket.
1st ed. of an extensive illustrated collection of short biographies of Popes (up to Clement VIII, i.a. Hadrian VI on pp. 580-583) by H. Megiser (1554-1618). Ill. with some 300 woodcut portraits and coat-of-arms. Title in red & black. Printed within border of type ornaments. Libr. stamp and ticket.
