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Orsini’s Handsome 1577 Familiae Romanae

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Orsini’s Handsome 1577 Familiae Romanae
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Orsini, Fulvio. FAMILIAE ROMANAE QUAE REPERIUNTUR IN ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS AB URBE CONDITA AD TEMPORA DIVI AUGUSTI EX BIBLIOTHECA FULVI URSINI. ADJUNCTIS FAMILIIS XXX EX LIBRO ANTONI AUGUSTINI EP. ILERDENSIS. Romae: cum privelegio curantibus heredib. Francisci Tramezini, (1577). Colophon imprint: Romæ, Impensis haeredum Francisci Tramezini. Apud Josephum de Angelis. M. D. LXXVII. First edition. Folio [35 by 25 cm], later brown half calf; spine ruled in gilt; red and green lettering pieces, gilt; all page edges speckled red. Title within a superbly engraved historiated architectural border, followed by 3 printed leaves; 403, (1) pages; 5 printed index leaves; colophon leaf with a woodcut device; 223 copperplate engravings in the text depicting groupings of Roman Republican coins. Board edges worn and rubbed, but binding still firm and sound; frontispiece professionally repaired at gutter; some marginal staining, browning and other signs of wear; text engravings numbered by hand. Five pages of handwritten notes by RBW laid in. An impressive volume, generally near fine. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]