![STRADA, Jacobus de (d.1588). Epitome du thresor des antiquitez C'est à dire, Pourtraits des vrayes Medailles des EMPP tant d'Orient que d'Occident. Lyon: [J. de Tournes] for the author and Thomas Guerin, 2 December 1553.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/NYR/2013_NYR_02706_0323_000(strada_jacobus_de_epitome_du_thresor_des_antiquitez_cest_a_dire_pourtr112738).jpg?w=1)
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STRADA, Jacobus de (d.1588). Epitome du thresor des antiquitez C'est à dire, Pourtraits des vrayes Medailles des EMPP tant d'Orient que d'Occident. Lyon: [J. de Tournes] for the author and Thomas Guerin, 2 December 1553.
4o (237 x 168 mm). Title with woodcut device of Guerin on recto and arms of the dedicatee, Johann Fugger, on verso, 3 woodcut initials, 487 medallions in text (including 390 woodcut medallion portraits and 97 additional medallions). (Title lightly soiled, some light browning or soiling). Contemporary French calf gilt, single gilt fillet surrounding central gilt leaf medallion, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, single fleur de lys tool in center of each compartment, edges gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners renewed, light scuffing and staining, a few small holes). Provenance: Louis Churhe Antoine Aubry (early inscription in ink on verso of title); Laura (unidentified bookplate on pastedown); acquired from Bernard Quaritch Antiquarian Books, 1962.
FIRST EDITION of this celebrated collection of portraits of portraits of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V. Jacques de Strada was one of the best-known antiquaries of his time. According to Mortimer, "De Tournes' name does not appear in the volume, as it does in the colophon of the Latin edition, but this corresponds too closely to the Latin edition to be the work of another press" (p. 617). Brunet V 557; Fairfax Murray French 517; Mortimer French 503.
4o (237 x 168 mm). Title with woodcut device of Guerin on recto and arms of the dedicatee, Johann Fugger, on verso, 3 woodcut initials, 487 medallions in text (including 390 woodcut medallion portraits and 97 additional medallions). (Title lightly soiled, some light browning or soiling). Contemporary French calf gilt, single gilt fillet surrounding central gilt leaf medallion, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, single fleur de lys tool in center of each compartment, edges gilt (rebacked, old spine laid down, corners renewed, light scuffing and staining, a few small holes). Provenance: Louis Churhe Antoine Aubry (early inscription in ink on verso of title); Laura (unidentified bookplate on pastedown); acquired from Bernard Quaritch Antiquarian Books, 1962.
FIRST EDITION of this celebrated collection of portraits of portraits of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V. Jacques de Strada was one of the best-known antiquaries of his time. According to Mortimer, "De Tournes' name does not appear in the volume, as it does in the colophon of the Latin edition, but this corresponds too closely to the Latin edition to be the work of another press" (p. 617). Brunet V 557; Fairfax Murray French 517; Mortimer French 503.