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The First Printed Book Illustrating Coins & Medals

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The  First Printed Book Illustrating Coins & Medals
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Fulvio, Andrea. ILLUSTRIUM IMAGINES. (IMPERATORUM: & ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM AC MULIERUM VULTUS EX ANTIQUIS NOMISMATIBUS EXPRESSI: EMENDATUM CORREPTUMQUE OPUS PER ANDREAM FULVIUM DILIGENTISSIMUM ANTIQUARIUM). Impræssum Romæ apud Jacobum Mazochium Romane Achademiæ Bibliopo. Anno M.D.XVII. Die. XV. Mensis Novembris. Triumphante Divo Leone. X. Pontifice Maximo. Anno eius Quinto. (Rome, 1517). Small 4to [16 by 11.5 cm], somewhat later full vellum; hand-lettered spine. cxx leaves, printed on both sides in italic letters; main title within a woodcut tablet border; 204 very fine woodcuts comprised of white on black medallion portraits of Roman rulers within ornate foliate architectural borders; printer’s device, details of publication and expanded title on colophon. Additional leaf with full title and publication information handwritten bound in after title. Several leaves, mostly early, reinforced at gutter; title page repaired on blank verso. Minor discoloration throughout. A bit cocked. Still a very good copy. A numismatic incunabulum of unparalleled importance, being only the second numismatic book ever published, and the first printed book substantially illustrating coins and medals. The portraits are taken from ancient Roman coins and medals in Jacopo Mazzocchi’s collection, and the superb cuts have been attributed to Ugo da Carpi. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]