Lot Essay
Dibdin: 'There is a great deal of delicacy and even brilliancy in most of these embellishments. I know of no similar production that come since near them on the score of merit.'
Details
Rovillio (Guiglielmo): Del Prontuario de la Medaglie de Piu Illustri, Lyons, Appresso Guiglielmo Rovillio, 1553, 2 parts in one. 4to, first edition, woodcut title vignettes, 828 woodcuts of medals, 3 initials and head- and tail-pieces (gathering aa misbound), 19th century blind-stamped calf, spine gilt, g.e. [cf. Dibdin's Biographical Decameron pp. 276-78]