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[Plantin Press] - GALLE, Theodorus - Illustrium imagines, ex antiquis marmoribus, nomismatibus, e...

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[Plantin Press] - GALLE, Theodorus - Illustrium imagines, ex antiquis marmoribus, nomismatibus, e...
[Plantin Press] - GALLE, Theodorus - Illustrium imagines, ex antiquis marmoribus, nomismatibus, et gemmis expressae. Quae extant Romae, maior pars apud Fulvium Ursinum. Editio altera, aliquot imaginibus, et I. Fabri ad singulos commentario, auctior atque illustrior. Theodorus Gallaeus delineabat Romae ex archetypis incidebat Antuerpiae M.D.XCIIX. Antwerp, Plantin Press, 1606, 2 parts in 1 vol., old sheep over boards, elaborately gilt spine on 5 raised bands, gilt sides, sp. edges, [8]-88-[8], (Usinus) engr. title, 151 engr. plates, [4] pp., 17 engr. plates. (minor stains, hole in border of Pl. 32). Very good set. € 900/1200 Cfr. ill. Nice collection of 168 engraved portraits of rulers and authors from classical Antiquity, after sculptures, coins and gems in Roman collections. The Roman collection by Ursinus was copied by Theodor Galle and issued with the commentary by Joannes Faber (1570-1640). Ownership entry on Faber titlepage. Ref. Funck p. 403. Simoni (BL London) G-8. BN Paris (2). Not in Matagne (Namur).