STRADA, Jacopo - Epitome du Thresor des Antiquitez. C'est à - Lot 31

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STRADA, Jacopo - Epitome du Thresor des Antiquitez. C'est à - Lot 31
STRADA, Jacopo - Epitome du Thresor des Antiquitez. C'est à dire, Pourtraits des vrayes Medailles de Empp. tant d'Orient que d'Occident . Lyon, Jacques de Strada and Thomas Guerin, 1553. In-4, (122) ff, 590 (25) pp, some russeting, marbled fawn bas. with ornate ribbed spine (pastiche of a 17th c. binding). ADAMS S-1918. BRUN 297 (for the original edition). First French edition of this work by Italian antiquarian Jacopo Strada, first published in 1553 by Jean de Tournes. In his preface to the reader, Strada claims to have benefited from the assistance of Guillaume Du Choul and Jean Grolier, whose splendid library he praises. Abundant engraved illustrations in the text, containing more than 480 small woodcuts in reserve representing medals with the effigies of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V. Their finesse led Baudrier to attribute them to Bernard Salomon. The starting point for the Epitome was the author's own collection, enriched by numerous observations gathered during his travels, notably at the home of Johann Jakob Fugger, to whom the work is dedicated and his coat of arms reproduced.
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