[Hubertus Goltzius] C. Iulius Caesar sive historiae [and] Fastos Magistratuum
C. Julius Caesar sive Historiae Imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus (..) Hubert Goltzius. Brugge. [Hubert Goltzius] 1563. [and] Fastos Magistratuum et Triumphorum Romanorum ab urbe condita (..) Hubert Goltzius. Brugge [Hubert Goltzius] 1566.
2 volumes, uniformly rebound, half leather. Marbled boards, name author on spine, new endpapers, 2x frontispiece with title and allegorical scene, (32),LVII,(4),231,(48),(1) and (22),288,(43),(1) pp., complete with all numismatic plates.
Marcus Laurinus financed the Goltzius printing office, specifically founded to publish works concerning Greek and Roman coins. The first work was dedicated to Julius Caesar, the second to the coins during the consular period. The text of both volumes is by Marcus Laurinus, Lord of Watervliet. The text and the plates of the first volume partly tanned. Rare.
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