1654 ROMAN CLOTHING STUDY Ferrarius Octavius ILLUSTRATED VELLUM BINDING antique

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Title: 1654 ROMAN CLOTHING STUDY Ferrarius Octavius ILLUSTRATED VELLUM BINDING antique

Description: De re Vestiaria Libri Septem
Quatuor postremi nunc primum prodeunt: reliqui emendatiores & auctiores. Adiectis iconibus, quibus res tota oculis subijcitur.
by Ferrarius, Octavius
Padua, Pauli Frambotti; 1654
2 parts in 1 volume
[20], 261, [1]; [16], 213, [27] pp.
With additional engraved title page preceding each parts.
33 engravings including 5 inserted plates, 27 full-page (or nearly so) plates, and one smaller illustration in text.
(4to) : 22x15.5 cm (8½x6¼")
Original full vellum over boards, blue leather spine label with ink title, all edges stained red.
Very good condition
small spot of worming in inner margin of 4 leaves at front, wide strip torn from foot of rear free endpaper
First complete edition.
Study of ancient Roman clothing.
The first part first published in 1642, 'Pars Altera' added for this, the first complete edition.
Text in Latin

"The earliest major work on costumes and clothing of the Greeks and Romans, using statuary and classical written descriptions as source"

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1654 ROMAN CLOTHING STUDY Ferrarius Octavius ILLUSTRATED VELLUM BINDING antique

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