GOLTZIUS, HUBERTUS. 1526-1583; AND CASPAR GEVART. 1593-1666.

Icones Imperatorum Romanum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae.... Antwerp: Balthasar Moret, 1645.

Icones Imperatorum Romanum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae.... Antwerp: Balthasar Moret, 1645.
Folio (342 x 217 mm). Engraved title page by Cornelius Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, 144 woodcut portrait medallions printed in chiaroscuro, and 9 blank circular frames. Contemporary vellum, modern clamshell case. Covers slightly soiled, ink notations and ownership inscriptions to front paste-down, half-title and title, lacking front blank, marginal worming to last two leaves, some spotting and offsetting, a few ink and pencil margin notes, tape repair to margin of leaf Aaa2 and center of leaf Bbb1.

First published in 1557, illustrated with medals of Roman (and Holy Roman) emperors printed in black on a sepia background, this edition is augmented by the addition of 10 medallions representing the emperors of Austria. The medals were printed in black on a sepia background. Brunet II:1653; Graesse II:113.