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Romanorum imperatorum effigies : elogijs ex diversis scriptoribus per Thomam Treterũ S. Mariae Transtyberim canonicum collectis / illustratae opera et studio Io. Bap.tae de Cavallerijs aeneis tabulis incisae.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Romae : [Apud Franciscus Coattinum], anno domini 1590.Description: [17], 157 [i.e. 151] leaves : ports., coat of arms ; 16 cm (16mo)Subject(s):
List(s) this item appears in: Ashby Rare Books Collection
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Printed Books British School at Rome Closed Access Material S.096.5.90.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan Half leather binding with marbled paper and gold lettering and decorations on spine. | Bookplate: Ex-libris Marini. | Ashby's bookplate and annotations on recto of first blank page. 201501118339BSR

Printer from colophon.

Engraved t.p. with architectural surround that incorporates at head the arms of Stefan Batory, King of Poland, to whom the work is dedicated. Batory's full-page arms appear on A1r. Engraved ports. of the emperors from Julius Caesar to Rudolf II appear on rectos starting with A2, with biographical text on facing versos. The ports. are numbered 1-157, but some bear two consecutive numbers (L8, N2, N3, O5, P1, P2). These generally depict two subjects, but that on P1 depicts three and that on P2 just one. Accolto's woodcut device at colophon. Type-ornament head and tail pieces, a few initials.

Portraits 118-119 misnumbered 118 116 at head of leaf; portrait 120 misnumbered 130; portrait 122 misnumbered 112 at head of leaf; portrait 146 misnumbered 149 at head of leaf.

Signatures: *⁸ A-T⁸ (*5-6 blank).

"Auctores ex quorum libris Elogia Imperatorum collecta sunt"--Leaf *5r.

Harvard College Library. Catalogue of books and manuscripts. Italian 16th century books, 119

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