AUGUSTARUM IMAGINES; aereis formis expressae: Vita quoque carundem breuiter enarratae Signorum etiam, qua in posteriori parte numismatii efficta sut ratio explicata ..
by VICO, Enea. (1523-1567)
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Vinegia, 1558. Small 4to, pp. x, 192. Illustrated with an engraved title-page and 61 full page engravings (closed tear to one illustration) containing 103 medallion portraits. Bound in contemporary vellum (front hinge little loose) with the bookplate of Victor Albert George Villiers, Earl of Jersey. Some light water stain on the upper inner margin, closed tear to one engraving. Lacks five leaves of the preliminary matter (index) and two leaves of errata in the rear, but with good clear impressions of the engravings. Brunet V, 1175, Mortimer, Italian 16th Century Books 533; Adams vol. II, V634. Contains medallions, portraits and biographies of the Roman empresses. Vico was born in Parma and was invited to Florence by Cosmo I, where he engraved some of the best works of Michelangelo. (See Bryan Vol. V, p. 297.).
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18667
- Title
- AUGUSTARUM IMAGINES; aereis formis expressae: Vita quoque carundem breuiter enarratae Signorum etiam, qua in posteriori parte numismatii efficta sut ratio explicata ..
- Author
- VICO, Enea. (1523-1567)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Vinegia
- Date Published
- 1558
Terms of Sale
Second Life Books Inc
Books returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...