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STRADA, Jacobus de. Imperatorum romanorum omnium orientalium et occidentalium verissimae imagines ex antiquis numismatis ... Addita cuiusque vitae descriptione ex thesauro Iacobi Stradae .... Zurich: Andreas Gesner, 1559.
2o (472 x 355 mm). Title within woodcut cartouche, 118 full-page woodcut medallion portraits by Rudolf Wyssenbach after Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, each within architectural woodcut border, text on verso within woodcut border of putti, fruit and grotesques, and with arabesque ornaments by P. Flötner, woodcut historiated initials. (Title and last few leaves with some discoloration to sheet edges, A1 with stain along gutter margin, marginal ink stains on S5 and 6.) 17th-century calf gilt (front joint cracked, some rubbing and wear). Provenance: acquired from Meijer Elte, 1973.
THE FOLIO EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ICONOGRAPHICAL SERIES OF THE RENAISSANCE, describing the medals in the collection of Jacopo Strada, an antiquary of Mantua. The 118 portraits of Roman Emperors were based on the octavo size, Zurich edition of 1557, and enlarged for the benefit of craftsmen decorating majolica, furniture, glass and ceramics. Flötner's arabesque ornaments had been previously published in the rare Kunstbuch (Zurich, 1549). The decoration on the verso of folio 50 includes a small panel containing his initials and tools, with date 1546. Adams S-1919; Goldsmith Printed Books of the Renaissance, pp. 76ff.
2o (472 x 355 mm). Title within woodcut cartouche, 118 full-page woodcut medallion portraits by Rudolf Wyssenbach after Rudolf Manuel Deutsch, each within architectural woodcut border, text on verso within woodcut border of putti, fruit and grotesques, and with arabesque ornaments by P. Flötner, woodcut historiated initials. (Title and last few leaves with some discoloration to sheet edges, A1 with stain along gutter margin, marginal ink stains on S5 and 6.) 17th-century calf gilt (front joint cracked, some rubbing and wear). Provenance: acquired from Meijer Elte, 1973.
THE FOLIO EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED ICONOGRAPHICAL SERIES OF THE RENAISSANCE, describing the medals in the collection of Jacopo Strada, an antiquary of Mantua. The 118 portraits of Roman Emperors were based on the octavo size, Zurich edition of 1557, and enlarged for the benefit of craftsmen decorating majolica, furniture, glass and ceramics. Flötner's arabesque ornaments had been previously published in the rare Kunstbuch (Zurich, 1549). The decoration on the verso of folio 50 includes a small panel containing his initials and tools, with date 1546. Adams S-1919; Goldsmith Printed Books of the Renaissance, pp. 76ff.