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89

Orsini, Fulvio

Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditor ex antiquis lapidibus et nomismabitus expressa cum annotationibus ex Bibliotheca Fulvi Ursini, 1570

Estimate

€ 250 - 350

Sold

€ 581

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Information

Venice, in aedibus Petri Dehuchino, Galli, 1570. In Folio (22 x 32 cm), magnificent title page enclosed in an artistic frame with architectural motifs engraved on copper, pp. 111 with 74 engravings n.t. depicting epigraphs, medals and coins, sculptures and archaeological finds. Flow of water in the lower part of the volume. Full parchment binding, calligraphic title.

Specialist Notes

Cf. Cicognara, 2120: "The illustrated frontispiece is followed by a poem by Lorenzo Gambara to the Bishop of Pola, then the preface, then the list of divisions. The plates are 74 parts of wooden herms, parts of busts, herms, medals and inscriptions in copper, the last two pages are blank with only the colophon".

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