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GOLTZIUS, Hubert

C. Julius Caesar sive Historiae Imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae. Liber primus

Brugis Flandrorum
H. Goltzius
1563

€650 - €900

In-folio (27,5 x 20,5 cm), [34]- LVII- [1 bl.]- [6]- 231- [41] pp. Engraved allegorical title page (laid-on), 57 numismatic plates (a few left empty) and printer's device on last page. Beautiful initials. The date of the title page has been modified in ink from M.D.LXII. to M.D.LXIII. Some damp staining, some marginal repairs. Lacking 5 unnumbered lvs at the end (a1 and c1-4). Contemporary vellum binding with raised edges, stains on lower board

Ref. H. Goltzius en Brugge nr. 39 ; Funck 323; Dekesel, 16th cent. numismatic books G 51 ; Machiels G-391 ; Bibl. Belg. G 385 - 387 ; Adams G-829. Provenance: Michel Cerexhe

Numismatics Humanism