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Rare 1580s Edition of Erizzo
Erizzo, Sebastian. DISCORSO DI M. SEBASTIANO ERIZZO. SOPRA LE MEDAGLIE DE GLI ANTICHI. CON LA DICHIARATIONE DELLA MONETE CONSULARI, & DELLE MEDAGLIE DE GLI IMPERADORI ROMANI. NELLA QUAL SI CONTIENE UNA PIENA & VARIA COGNITIONE DELL'ISTORIA DI QUEI TEMPI. DI NUOVO IN QUESTA QUARTA EDITIONE DALL'ISTESSO AUTHORE REVISTO, & AMPLIATO. In Vinegia: Appresso Gio. Varisco, & Paganino Paganini, undated [c. 1585]. Fourth edition. 4to [22 by 16.5 cm], modern full brown crushed morocco, gilt; spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; all page edges marbled. (16), 282, [blank leaf], 572 pages; title printed within a large and elaborate woodcut border; woodcut initials and headpieces, numerous woodcuts of ancient coins and medals in the text. Fine. Cicognara, Hennin, Brunet and Babelon all consider this edition of Erizzo's classic work on ancient coins to be the best and most complete, though it is not listed in Brückmann, Hirsch or Lipsius. The present example is apparently a somewhat later printing. A few of the many page numbering anomalies cited in Dekesel differ or have been corrected. Babelon 79. Brunet 29663. Cicognara 2833. Dekesel E 32. Hennin 2. Ex Kolbe & Fanning 2013 New York Book Auction, lot 53; ex William A. Burd Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2018 New York Book Auction, lot 44).
Erizzo, Sebastian. DISCORSO DI M. SEBASTIANO ERIZZO. SOPRA LE MEDAGLIE DE GLI ANTICHI. CON LA DICHIARATIONE DELLA MONETE CONSULARI, & DELLE MEDAGLIE DE GLI IMPERADORI ROMANI. NELLA QUAL SI CONTIENE UNA PIENA & VARIA COGNITIONE DELL'ISTORIA DI QUEI TEMPI. DI NUOVO IN QUESTA QUARTA EDITIONE DALL'ISTESSO AUTHORE REVISTO, & AMPLIATO. In Vinegia: Appresso Gio. Varisco, & Paganino Paganini, undated [c. 1585]. Fourth edition. 4to [22 by 16.5 cm], modern full brown crushed morocco, gilt; spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; all page edges marbled. (16), 282, [blank leaf], 572 pages; title printed within a large and elaborate woodcut border; woodcut initials and headpieces, numerous woodcuts of ancient coins and medals in the text. Fine. Cicognara, Hennin, Brunet and Babelon all consider this edition of Erizzo's classic work on ancient coins to be the best and most complete, though it is not listed in Brückmann, Hirsch or Lipsius. The present example is apparently a somewhat later printing. A few of the many page numbering anomalies cited in Dekesel differ or have been corrected. Babelon 79. Brunet 29663. Cicognara 2833. Dekesel E 32. Hennin 2. Ex Kolbe & Fanning 2013 New York Book Auction, lot 53; ex William A. Burd Library (Kolbe & Fanning's 2018 New York Book Auction, lot 44).