Augustarum imagines, aereis formis expressae : vitae quoque earundem breuiter enarratae, signorum etiam, quae in posteriori parte numismatū efficta sūt, ratio explicata / ab Aenea Vico parmense.
By: Vico, Enea.
Contributor(s): Conti, Natale.
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BookPublisher: Venetiis : [Paolo Manuzio], 1558Description: [20], 192, [4] p. : incl. ill., ports. ; 24 cm. (8vo).Uniform titles: Imagini delle donne auguste. Latin Subject(s): Empresses -- Rome -- Biography
| Numismatics, Roman -- Early works to 1800Genre/Form: Engravings -- Italy -- 16th century.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed Books | British School at Rome Closed Access Material | 096.5.58.2 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | Ex libris: The Right Hon.ble Robert James L.d Petre Thorndon in Essex |
N. Conti's translation of the Italian ed. of 1557, published at Venice by Vico and Vincenzo Valgrisi; see Mortimer.
"De même que le volume des médailles des Césars, de 1554, celui-ci quoique sans nom d'imprimeur, est certainement de l'imprimerie de Paul Manuce; mêmes lettres capitales historiées, mêmes caractères que dans ses autres éditions." cf. A. A. Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde ... Paris, 1834, p. 176, no. 18.
T.p. engraved, with architectural border. The portrait heads after Roman coins and medals are in roundels, surrounded by legends that give the subject's name, within a beaded border. They are set in decorative, architectural, or landscape surrounds, some of which contain empty roundels, without heads. Initials.
Errata, p. [193-196].
Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent., 533
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