GOLTZIUS, Hubert. Lebendige Bilder gar nach aller Keysern von C. Iulio Caesare bisz auff Carolum V und Ferdinandum seinem Bruder verhaftet, Antwerp: Gillis Coppens van Diest, 1557, 2°, elaborate title border in black, tan and green, 131 large chiaroscuro portrait medallions as called for, in one or two tones of ochre and brown (most rather faded), bound with -- C. Julius Caesar Historiae Imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae, Bruges: 1563, 2°, engraved title, 54 pages with full-page engraved illustrations (one leaf torn down platemark), final leaf with engraved device (both works rather browned, some leaves waterstained, a few marginal tears), 18th-century vellum (worn, covers and spine detatched).

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GOLTZIUS, Hubert. Lebendige Bilder gar nach aller Keysern von C. Iulio Caesare bisz auff Carolum V und Ferdinandum seinem Bruder verhaftet, Antwerp: Gillis Coppens van Diest, 1557, 2°, elaborate title border in black, tan and green, 131 large chiaroscuro portrait medallions as called for, in one or two tones of ochre and brown (most rather faded), bound with -- C. Julius Caesar Historiae Imperatorum Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae, Bruges: 1563, 2°, engraved title, 54 pages with full-page engraved illustrations (one leaf torn down platemark), final leaf with engraved device (both works rather browned, some leaves waterstained, a few marginal tears), 18th-century vellum (worn, covers and spine detatched).

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FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN of the first work. Of the intended 148 medallions only 131 were completed in the Latin, German and Italian editions, and the etched outlines left blank. The colours vary slightly between different the different editions with various modifications to adjust the definition. [See Nancy Bialler Chiaroscuro Woodcuts. Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) and his Time (Amsterdam n.d.) pp.30-34. Cf. Berlin Kat 4240 and 4241 for Latin and French editions].

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