Imperium Romano-Germanicum, a Carolo Magno Primo Romano-Germanico Caesare, per Quadraginta Novem Imperatores et Germaniae Reges, et ex his per XIV. Provenance: John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883)
By Nicolo Avancini
317 pp. Copper engraved frontispiece, 50 imperial busts engraved by Gerhard Bouttats in the text. (4to), 30x19 cm (12x7½"), period vellum, title in ink at head on spine. First Edition. The Roman-German emperors from Charles the Great to Leopold I, each with portrait, long middle-axis inscription, and ode. With decorative 19th century bookplate from the Sunderland library, Blenheim Palace. Condition: Soiling to vellum, top board bowed; interior sound, with some worm-holing to blank leaves at front; very good.
Published by: Typis Matthiae Cosmerovii, 1658
Vendor: dC&A Books
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By Nicolo Avancini
317 pp. Copper engraved frontispiece, 50 imperial busts engraved by Gerhard Bouttats in the text. (4to), 30x19 cm (12x7½"), period vellum, title in ink at head on spine. First Edition. The Roman-German emperors from Charles the Great to Leopold I, each with portrait, long middle-axis inscription, and ode. With decorative 19th century bookplate from the Sunderland library, Blenheim Palace. Condition: Soiling to vellum, top board bowed; interior sound, with some worm-holing to blank leaves at front; very good.
Published by: Typis Matthiae Cosmerovii, 1658
Vendor: dC&A Books