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

4to: [28]-328 pp. (some marginal toning, sm. tear in plate fold).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (sl. soiled). Very nice 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. STCV 6606992. - Cicognara 1788 (“bella e nitida”). - Colas 2593. - Dekesel (17th-c. numism.) R-91. - Lipperheide Bc4. - Sinkankas 5617.
Prov. Bibliotheca Fidalkiana, i.e. from the collection of the Danzig preacher and teacher Johann Fidalke (1703-1763), sold Danzig 1765 (18th-c. armorial bookpl.).