Edition : First Edition., Later quarter vellum and boards. Spine flat with author and date in manuscript ink., Text in Latin. : The portraits of popes from Urban VI to Pius V, the last signed by Philippe de Soye. A portrait of Gregory XIII, elected in 1572 is found in some copies. The leaves of each gathering are signed in reverse. The erudite Augustinian Onofrio Panvinio or Onuphrius Panvinius (1529-1568) was an Italian historian and antiquary, who was librarian to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. He was recognized as one of the greatest church historians and archaeologists of his time. The scholarly printer Paulus Manutius called him antiquitatis helluo ("a glutton for antiquity"), and Julius Caesar Scaliger styled him pater omnis historiae ("father of all history"). Antonio Lafreri, or Antoine Lafr�ry, (1512-1577), was a French Italian engraver, cartographer and publisher. Of French origin - born in Franche-Comt�- Lafreri settled in Rome around 1540. His most important work is the so-called Atlases of Lafreri, published in Rome in 1570, one of the first, organic collection of printed maps. The renowned Lafrery family members were important 16th century engravers and publishers of maps and prints. Their maps are among the most sought after examples of 16th century map makers of Europe. , Size : Folio. (325 x 228 mm). , Illustrated with engraved title and 27 engraved portraits of popes. , Title and dedication leafs each with large watermark at centre., References : Ruscelli, no. 449; Mortimer, Harvard College Library, Italian 356; Roland, Lafrery, p. 374; , PP. 30 leaves. Scarce large paper copy. Some light rubbing. Minor mostly marginal staining; a few marginal repairs.

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Title: Onuphrii Panuinii Veronensis, fratris eremitae Augustiniani XXVII pontificvm maximorvm elogia et imagines accuratissime ad viuum aeneis typeis delineate.
Publisher: Antonio Lafre, c.1568., Rome
Publication Date: 1568
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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