STRADA (Jacopo). Epitome thesauri antiquitatum... Tiguri [Zurich] : Andreas Gessner, 1557. - In-8, havana calf, spine decorated, red edges (18th century binding). Second Latin edition, after the one of 1553, illustrated with hundreds of woodcut medals and coins from the original edition. These medals, representing portraits of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V, were made from the exceptional numismatic collections of the antiquary Jacopo Strada, Guillaume du Choul, Jean Grolier and Claude de Bellièvre. A copy in an 18th century German binding from the collection of the German librarian and historian Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706-1780), tutor to Princes Maximilian and Clement of Bavaria and later curator of the Munich library. It includes his handwritten bookplate on the title, his printed bookplate, as well as his signature, unfortunately erased, at the bottom of the title. He is also the author of the few notes in three or four margins. Worm work on the spine, on the lower cover, on two corners and on the lower edges of the boards. Old cut in the title repaired with marbled paper on which the letter S has been pasted on the front and the word "Thesaurus" on the back. Light soiling.
Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
25%
STRADA (Jacopo).
Epitome thesauri antiquitatum...
Tiguri [Zurich] : Andreas Gessner, 1557. - In-8, havana calf, spine decorated, red edges (18th century binding).
Second Latin edition, after the one of 1553, illustrated with hundreds of woodcut medals and coins from the original edition. These medals, representing portraits of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V, were made from the exceptional numismatic collections of the antiquary Jacopo Strada, Guillaume du Choul, Jean Grolier and Claude de Bellièvre.
A copy in an 18th century German binding from the collection of the German librarian and historian Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706-1780), tutor to Princes Maximilian and Clement of Bavaria and later curator of the Munich library. It includes his handwritten bookplate on the title, his printed bookplate, as well as his signature, unfortunately erased, at the bottom of the title. He is also the author of the few notes in three or four margins.
Worm work on the spine, on the lower cover, on two corners and on the lower edges of the boards. Old cut in the title repaired with marbled paper on which the letter S has been pasted on the front and the word "Thesaurus" on the back. Light soiling.
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