ERIZZO, Sebastiano

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21.09.2021 10:30UTC +02:00
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Lot 51 | ERIZZO, Sebastiano
ERIZZO, Sebastiano (1525-1585) - Discorso sopra le medaglie de gli antichi. Venice: Giovanni Varisco e Paganino Paganini, [non prima del 1584].

Fourth augmented edition of this work printed for the first time in 1559 and re-proposed in a second edition in 1568. "Questo libro è il primo che faccia epoca nella scienza numismatica, la cui materia venne dall'Erizzo trattata piu' ampliamente di quella che avesse prima di lui Enea Vico" (Gamba).

4to (215 x 155mm). Title within elaborate woodcut frame, numerous woodcut engravings of medals, headpieces and initials (some foxing, occasional brownig and staining). 18th-century decorated calf, gilt spine (rebacked and restored, new endpapers), preserved in an elegant modern case. Provenance: illegible early ownership inscription on title.
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