De re vestiaria veterum, praecipue de lato clavo libri duo, et alia eiusdem opuscula posthuma [...].

Antwerp, Plantin Press, B. Moretus, 1665

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4to: [28]-328 pp. (toned and spotted, title cut out and mounted, tiny hole in plate fold).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, marbled edges. Good copy.

Collected essays on Roman dress, gems and coins by Rubens’ son Albert (1614-1657), edited by the Utrecht classical scholar J.G. Graevius (1632-1703). Also included are a number of letters to G. Wendelinus. With 3 folding double-page (i.a. the Gemma Augustea and Gemma Tiberiana), 1 full-page and 8 half-page engravings by Cornelis Galle, as well as 2 woodcut coin ill. Woodcut mark on title. Woodcut tail-pieces.
Ref. Cicognara 1788 ("bella e nitida"). - Colas 2593. - Dekesel (17th-c.) R-91. - Lipperheide Bc4. - Sinkankas 5617. - STCV.