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Hubertus Goltzius
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Antwerp: Gilles Coppens van
Diest, 1557.
Rare First German Edition of the First Book Extensively Illustrated with Chiaroscuro Woodcuts. Goltzius, a German numismatist, employed the Dutch artist Josse van Gietleughen to prepare medallion portraits of the Roman and Holy Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V, using a combination of woodcut and intaglio printing to produce the final chiaroscuro images. Goltzius based the portraits on his extensive research into ancient and medieval coins and medals; where he could find no satisfactory image, as with several Carolingian and Ottonian monarchs, he printed a blank roundel.
174 leaves, unpaginated (*6 a-b6 A-Z6 Az-Cc6).
Condition: browned, off-setting from plates to text. Folio, black-tooled vellum. Poorly re-backed.Heavily worn to extremities. Wormed to covers. Folio, black-tooled vellum. 330mm x 230mm.
Provenance: Royal church of Berchtesgaden (Bavaria)
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