Deorum dearumque capita, ex antiquis numismatibus Abrahami Ortelii [...] collecta, et historia narratione illustrata. A Francisco Sweertio F. Antverpiense.

Sm. 4to: [68] ff. (sl. foxing, light damp stain to some upper corners, ink staining to verso of F4, occ. sl. soiling, one single wormhole in-text/engr. from H4 till the end, some repaired).

19th-c. half calf, marbled paper covers, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (joints sl. rubbed).

First edition of the text of Sweertius. Illustrated with engr. title and 59 full-page engr. medallion portraits of classical deities, each within an elaborate historiated or ornamental border, by Philips Galle. Based on Ortelius' collections of ancient coins and with historical comments by Sweertius, except for the engr. "CANOPI" (f. I2), which is not taken from a coin but from a hieroglyph ("ex tabula hieroglyphi") of Pietro Bembo. Unlike all copies, the engr. on f. I2 and I4 are corrected by pasting over, as in all copies. The first edition without Sweertius' text was published by Galle in 1573.
Ref. De Kesel O 55 (under Ortelius). - Lipsius & Leitzmann 300 (id.). - STCV 6619176 (under Sweertius). - Not in Simoni.
Prov. Ms. entry from 1610 on title. - E. Délicourt (bookpl.).