Lot n° 254

(Antiquité) - GOLTZIUS, Hubert.- Fastos magistratuum et triumphorum romanorum ab Urbe condita ad Augusti obitum ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum monumentis restitutos. Brugis Flandrorum [Bruges], (excudebat Hubertus Goltzius), 1566 (mense...

Estimation : 500 / 600
Description
martio). In-f° : [24 engr. title incl.]-288-[44] pp. (foxing, some pp. slightly yellowed, scribles on pp. 90-91, stains, dampstains at the end). Modern binding : beige paper case, flat spine, gilt chiselled edges (small lacks, foxing and stains, small label on the spine, flyleaves renewed).
First and only edition of this work on the history of the Ancien 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. ^ Édition originale et unique de cet ouvrage relatant l'histoire de la Rome antique, des origines à la mort d'Auguste. Contient 234 pl. numismatiques ou épigraphiques. Cartonnage moderne (rouss., taches, pet. manques à la rel.).
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