Lot 4498: Goltzius, Hubert (1526-1583). , Icones imperatorum romanorum ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae. Antwerp: Balthasar Moretus, 1645

folio (354 x 227mm.), xiv (incl. half-title and engraved title-page), [2], 423, [5]pp. illustration : engraved title-page by Cornelis Galle after Rubens, 144 large woodcut medallion portraits printed in ochre and black (a further 10 blank medallions), woodcut initials and tail-pieces, printer's woodcut device on recto of final leaf (otherwise blank), binding : contemporary blue morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, with title and presentation inscription (see below) lettered in the second and third, gilt edges, binding slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded

Cicognara 2868

R.W., gift from John [Moore, 1646-1714], Bishop of Norwich [and of Ely], presentation inscription in Latin lettered on spine. One of Moore's sons, Daniel, accompanied the second Earl of Macclesfield on his Grand Tour.

Originally published in Bruges in 1557, this volume is part of a whole series of republications by Moretus.