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LOTICHIUS, Johann Peter - HOFFMANN

Historia Augusta Imperatorum Romanorum a C. Julio Caesare usque ad Josephum Imperatorem Augustissimum

Amstelaedami
St. Roger, Chatelain fr. e.a.
1710

€300 - €400

In-folio (37,5 x 23,7 cm), [10], 290, 29 pp, title printed in red and black, engraved title, title vignette and 165 engraved portraits. Upper margin of engraved title and corner of typogr. title cut. Chaotic pagination. Bound at the end: Henricus HAMELOW. Imperatores Romani Carmine perpetuo descripti. Old marbled calf binding, spine richly gilt, some scratches, red edges

This suite of engravings of Roman, Eastern Roman, and Holy Roman Emperors based upon a collection of medallions owned by Christina, Queen of Sweden (1629-1689), was initially included in a work edited by Henning and published in Rome and Trier in 1696. Re-issue of the 1707-edition

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