N. Conti's translation of the Italian ed. of 1557, published at Venice by Vico and Vincenzo Valgrisi; see Mortimer

"De même que le volume des médailles des Césars, de 1554, celui-ci quoique sans nom d'imprimeur, est certainement de l'imprimerie de Paul Manuce; mêmes lettres capitales historiées, mêmes caractères que dans ses autres éditions." cf. A. A. Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde ... Paris, 1834, p. 176, no. 18

T.p. engraved, with architectural border. The portrait heads after Roman coins and medals are in roundels, surrounded by legends that give the subject's name, within a beaded border. They are set in decorative, architectural, or landscape surrounds, some of which contain empty roundels, without heads. Initials

Errata, p. [193-196]

Mortimer, R. Italian 16th cent.

Binding: old black goatskin. Boards outlined with fillets in gilt, central ovals filled with arabesques. Gold tooling on spine. Page edges gilt

At head of front pastedown is ownership inscription of Vincenzo Benedetto Bizzi of Piacenza. Below is a slip from a bookseller's catalog for the 1619 Paris ed. At the foot is Ulrich Middeldorf's label

[20], 192, [4] pages : 25 cm (4to)

Cum privilegijs -- title page

Engraved title page with architectural border; historiated initials

Translation by N. Conti of: Le Imagini delle donne auguste intagliate in istampa di rame. Vinegia, 1557-Cf. BM v. 248, c. 376

Includes 63 numbered leaves of engraved full page plates of ports. on coins in architectural settings. Plates iv, xv, and xxiii lack coin portraits

"De même que le volume des médailles des Césars, de 1554, celui-ci quoique sans nom d'Imprimeur, est certainement de l'Imprimerie de Paul Manuce: mêmes caracteres que dans ses aytres éditions."--Renouard p. 176, no. 18

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