[Rarebooks] FS: Roman coins and portraits, shown in woodcuts, 1534-1537

[Bob Petrilla]

Huttich, Johann. IMPERATORUM ET CAESARUM VITAE CUM IMAGINIBUS AD VIVAM
EFFIGIEM EXPRESSIS..., 1534 [and] CONSULUM ROMANORUM..., 1537. Strasbourg:
W. Koephel, 1534-1537. Fourth edition. Two volumes bound as one.
Illustrated throughout with portraits as they appear on Roman coins, along
with headpieces, tailpieces, and printer's devices. Bound in laced vellum,
blind-tooled designs, raised bands. The binding shows signs of its age,
although sound. A bookplate inside the cover appears to be a photocopy of
an old one. 7.75" x 5.5" Good condition..
First published by Koephel in 1525, this fourth edition is the first one
with the Consulum Romanorum supplement, illustrating some 54 consular coins
in addition to the many coins shown in the Imperatorum. The illustrations
are woodcuts by Hans Weiditz.  [Picture on request.]     $2,500.00


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