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Goltz, Hubert. C. JULIUS CAESAR SIVE HISTORIAE IMPERATORUM CAESARUMQUE ROMANORUM EX ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS RESTITUTAE LIBER PRIMUS ACCESSIT C. JULII CAESARIS VITA ET RES GESTAE HUBERTO GOLTZ HERBIPOLITA VENLONIANO AUCTORE ET SCULPTORE. Brugis Flandorum: Apud Hubertum Goltzium Herbipolitam Venlonianum, Mense Septembri 1563. Folio [31 by 22.5 cm], contemporary vellum over stiff boards; spine lettered in ink. Superbly engraved historiated architectural title; 16 printed leaves; ix–lvii, (1) pages, including 46 (of 54) full-page engraved plates of ancient Roman coins within a border on a dark ground (several plates sans coin illustrations as issued); 3 printed leaves; 231, (49) pages; woodcut initials; woodcut size scale; superb colophon engraving. A worn copy, lacking the first eight plates, and with a number of marginal repairs including to the frontispiece and colophon; some staining and discoloration, both to the binding and contents, though most of the coin plates present are unaffected. Good. The first edition of Goltzius's second groundbreaking folio on ancient coins. Hubert Goltz (1526–1583) published his first book, Icones imperatorum, in 1557 at the age of 21. He subsequently traveled through Germany, France and Italy, examining collections of antiquities to advance his research. Upon his return to Bruges in 1560, he sought to publish the great wealth of material he had accumulated. Accordingly, he set up a printing press in his home and supervised the execution of the numerous prints that were to accompany his works, often engraving the plates himself. Dekesel writes that "The influence of Hubertus Goltzius upon numismatics is mostly underestimated. One forgets very easily that he was the first author who wrote and published a comprehensive view upon the coinage of the Ancients and that he was also the first to do that on the basis of a real contact with some of the great coin cabinets of the civilized Renaissance world." Ferdinando Bassoli notes that "the writers and illustrators of the following two centuries would not have been able to do without him" (Antiquarian Books on Coins and Medals, 16), and Ernest Babelon agreed, saying that "Hubert Goltz contributed more than any of his contemporaries to the spread of interest in numismatics. His work on the classification and attribution of coins was vital in laying the foundation for a sound critical analysis" (Ancient Numismatics and Its History, 75). Banduri (1791) 24. Brückmann 49–50. Dekesel G51. Hirsch 49. Labbé (1675) 12. Lipsius 153. Ex the Library of Aytoun of Inchdairnie, with their armorial bookplate.