[Classical antiquity. Numismatics] Goltzius, Hubertus. Caesar Augustus sive historiae imperatorum caesarumque Romanorum

ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae liber secundus. Bruges, H. Goltzius, 1574, (24),248,(40) p., w. engr. title and printer's mark at the end, 83 full-p. engr. ills. dep. num. coins, both recto and verso of 42 plates. Contemp. gilt and panelled calf, folio. Waterst. in margins at the beginning, affecting the title and blank margins of the prel. textpages, text more or less foxed/ browned throughout, leaf Cc4 w. crudely restored blank lower outer corner. Rebacked in the 18th (?) cent. w. loss of free endpapers and affecting the inner margin of title, covers badly worn. W. unidentified engr. bookplate on upper pastedown and "Societatis Jesu Douay" in pen on title.

Dekesel, 16th cent. numismatic books G-55; Machiels G-392; Funck 323; Cat. H. Goltzius en Brugge 41; Adams G-831. First edition of the second part of Goltzius' richly illustrated work on Roman imperial coins, drawn after specimens that Goltzius saw during his travels throughout Europe.