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Title: 1593 NOTITIA UTRAQUE by Guido PANCIROLI FULLY ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM 16th C.

Description: PANCIROLI, Guido (1523-1599)
Notitia utraque, dignitatum, cum Orientis, tum Occidentis, ultra Arcadii Honoriique tempora.
Venice: Franciscum de Franciscis Senensem; 1593
2 parts in one volume
Beautiful edition of Guido Panciroli's work containing allegorical depictions of portions of the Empire, court insignia, civil and military authorities, as well as statues, small buildings, books, and camps.
Among the many woodcut illustrations, ranging from formulaic to figurative and at times fanciful, are portraits, maps, architectural and topographic sketches, and insignia and quotidian objects; images of bound codices and scrolls in various forms also appear with striking frequency.
It includes the petition to the emperor on war ''De rebus bellicis'' the corresponding illustrations, depicting chariots, ships and other military equipment.
Towards the end is Andrea Alciato's treatise on civil and military organization, Publius Victor's topographical description of classical Rome, and a conversation between the Emperor Hadrian and the philosopher Epictetus.
Folio: 9 by 12.5"
[13] lvs, 298 lvs, [4] pp.
Title-page with printer's device, initials, friezes and several full-page engraved vignettes
Original limp vellum binding with manuscript title to spine.
Binding is firmly attached, first title page is repaired, dampstain to the first about 12 leaves (preface) and last about quarter of pages.
Occasional toning.
Text in Latin
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The Notitia, an important source on the civil and military structure of the later Empire both Eastern and Western, survived in copies from a single lost example, formerly at Speier

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1593 NOTITIA UTRAQUE by Guido PANCIROLI FULLY ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM 16th C.

Name: 1593 NOTITIA UTRAQUE by Guido PANCIROLI FULLY ILLUSTRATED antique VELLUM 16th C.
SKU: 227173944
Price: 440 USD
Availability: InStock