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Title: Imperium Romano-Germanicum, a Carolo Magno Primo Romano-Germanico Caesare, per Quadraginta Novem Imperatores et Germaniae Reges, et ex his per …
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Title: Imperium Romano-Germanicum, a Carolo Magno Primo Romano-Germanico Caesare, per Quadraginta Novem Imperatores et Germaniae Reges, et ex his per XIV.
Author: Nicolo Avancini.
Publisher: Typis Matthiae Cosmerovii, 1658.
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317 Pp. Copper engraved frontispiece, 50 imperial busts engraved by Gerhard Bouttats in the text. (4to), 30 x 19 cm (12 x 7.5 inches), period vellum, title in ink at head on spine. First Edition. The Roman-German emperors from Charles the Great to Leopold I, each with portrait, long middle-axis inscription, and ode. With decorative 19th century bookplate from the Sunderland library, Blenheim Palace.
Provenance: John Winston Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822-1883).
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- Dimensions
- 7.5ʺW × 1ʺD × 12ʺH
- Styles
- Illustration
- Traditional
- Period
- 17th Century
- Country of Origin
- Austria
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Animal Skin
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Tan
- Condition Notes
- Soiling to vellum, top board bowed; interior sound, with some worm-holing to blank leaves at front; very good. Soiling to vellum, top board bowed; interior sound, with some worm-holing to blank leaves at front; very good. less
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