1583 "EFFIGIES" BY G. BATTISTA CAVALIERI ROMAN CAESARS & HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS 152 WOODCUTS

Romanorum imperatorum effigies. Elogijs ex diuersis scriptoribus

Giovanni Battista Cavalieri


As this copy survives it is missing everything prior to The Dedication to the King of Poland 4pp followed by 3pp Preface and 3pp index.  There is then a woodcut of the royal arms of the King of Poland. This is followed by 152pp of full page woodcuts on the right hand page with accompanying text on the left hand page making 304pp in all followed by the final page (illustrated here) with the publisher's details and the date of 1583.  The pages are numbered to 157 but several pages have woodcuts showing two emperors so there are in fact only 152 separate illustrations.

The first images are of the Roman Caesars/ Emperors up to woodcut 112, followed by the Holy Roman Emperors beginning with Charlemagne or Charles the Great on woodcut 113.  The final image on 157 of Rudolfus II has been annotated in ink below with a short list of later emperors up to Joseph II.


Condition
Lacks front board and all before page 2 (the dedication) Lower board nearly detached.  Slight staining/age toning at top of pages from page 2 to plate 39 ie page 39 of main body.  Woodcuts unaffected. Some thumbmarks on a few pages, inevitably a book this old will show signs of wear.  p157 annotated in ink with names of Holy Roman Emperors up to Joseph II. There is a variation in the thickness of the laid paper used for the pages from thick to flimsy and some are slightly smaller than the others with an uneven lower edge such as pp157/8.


Approx: 4.7 by 7 by 0.8 inches
 


 
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