
Description
XXVII PONTIFICUM MAXIMORUM. ELOGIA ET IMAGINES.
Rome: Ant. Lafrerii Formeis; 1568.
Prints made by Philippe Soye
Folio: 12 1/8 x 8 3/4"
unrecorded issue with added portrait of Gregory XIII and the plate of Pius V in an early state without the engraver's signature; elaborate engraved title and twenty-eight portraits of the popes
bound in modern half morocco with marbled paper boards, some soiling spots
ownership initials dated 1944 on title
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"The volume consists of twenty-seven full page engraved portraits of the popes from Urban VI to Pius V, printed on the recto of each leaf with text on the facing page." (Mortimer Italian #356.)
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Text in Latin
Reserve: $1,001.00
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