Engraved t.p. signed: F.B. sculpsit, Petter Aubry excudit (for Frédéric Brentel and presumably Peter Aubry I of the Strasbourg family of engravers; see Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon). Engraved coat of arms of Eberhard von Rappoltstein, to whom the work is dedicated (2 versions). Author's emblem, c4r. Ill. are obverse & reverse of medals. Head- and tailpieces, initials

Signatures: a-c⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁴(2Y3+chi²) 2Z⁴(2Z4+2chi1) 3A-3B⁴ 3chi1

Bifolium inserted in 2Y and single leaf inserted in 2Z omitted in paging

Errata, last leaf

Getty c. 1 lacks 2F2.3 with p. 227-230. Copy 2 is from an earlier state, with different setting of a2-4 and lacking b-c⁴ (laudatory poems)

Binding, c. 1: 19th-century marbled paper, goatskin back & corners. Bookplate of Pierre de Chaignon La Rose by Geo. W. Eve, dated 1914. Signature of J.W. Rimington on verso of front flyleaf

Binding, c. 2: old calfskin, rebacked. Pastedowns are printer's waste from Latin text on canon law. Bookplate of I. Sharp, Archdeacon of Northumberland 1723-1758 (see BM, Franks collection). Bookplate of Peter Seaby

[24], 383 [i.e. 389], [1] pages : 32 cm (fol.)

Signatures: a-c⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁴ (2Y2+chi²) 2Z⁴ (2Z4+1) 3A-3B⁴

Inserted bifolium in sig. 2Y and inserted leaf in sig. 2Z not counted in paging; designated "fol. 357," "fol. 357" and "fol. [368]" (the last no. added in ms.)

Illustrations: Ca. 300 prints : engraving ; full-page (2) and smaller (chiefly ca. 8 x 15 cm. or smaller). Comprise engraved t.p., signed: F.B. [i.e. F. Brentel?] sculpsit, Petter Aubry excudit; arms of the dedicatee, Eberhard von Rappolstein (2 versions); emblem of the author; and ca. 296 prints depicting coins, medals, etc. (most with 2 or more figs.), each including one or more commemorative images such as a port. and/or emblem, arms, etc., of a ruler

Head- and tailpieces; floriated initials

Includes bibliographical references

With errata leaf (p. [1-2] of a bifolium with last leaf blank) at end

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