Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditor ex antiquis lapidibus et nomismatib[us] expressa cum annotationib[us] [...].

Sm. folio: 111 pp. (soiled, dampstains, outer margin of t.-p. strengthened, pp. 13-14 and some inner margins stained, marginal tear stengthened in p. 71, sm. hole in the engr. of p. 101).

18th-c. marbled sheepskin, gilt decorated flat spine, red edges (sl. rubbed).

First edition. Illustrated with 1 architectural engr. title by Andrea Marelli, 17 half page ills in the text (16 wood and 1 copper engr.), 58 full-page pls (57 copper engr. and 1 woodcut) representing statuary, coins, inscriptions and herms of Greek & Latin men (such as Aristogiton, Miltiades, Philemon, Aeschines, Marcus Junius Rufus, Caius Asinius Pollio...), from private collections or from Orsini's. The Italian humanist and antiquarian (1529-1600) was the librarian to the Farnesi in Rome. Text decorated with ornamental initials. Ref. Edit16 37885. - Mortimer (Harvard Italian) 329. - Cicognara 2120. - Adams U-72. - STC Italian 705. - Not in Berlin Kat.