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Philippi RubenI Electorum libri II : in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae : eiusdem ad Iustum Lipsium poëmatia
Rubens, Philippe, 1574-1611; Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606; Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640; Galle, Cornelis, 1576-1650; Moretus, Jan, 1543-1610
1608
Antuerpiae : Ex Officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum

Full Title: Philippi RubenI Electorum libri II: in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae : eiusdem ad Iustum Lipsium poëmatia

Variant Titles: Philippi RubenI Electorum libri duo in quibus antiqui ritus; Electorum libri II in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae; Electorum libri duo in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae; Philippi RvbenI Electorvm libri II in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae; Electorvm libri II in quibus antiqui ritus, emendationes, censurae

Physical Type/Description: 16 unnumbered pages, 124, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (folded) : illustrations ; 26 cm (4to)

General Note: Four folded double-leaf engravings (following p. 20, 32, 66, 74) depict Roman sculptural subjects, as follows: Iconismus statuae togatae, with three views of a statue depicting a standing man in a toga; Iconismus circensium et missionis mappae, a four-horse chariot with four male figures; Iconismus duplicis statuae tunicatae, with two draped female figures, one seated and one standing; Iconismus apicis in lapide cliui Capitolini, fragment of an architectural frieze with helmet, urn, ox skull, implements of sacrifice, etc. Printer's device on t.p. and last leaf (the first an engraving, the second a woodcut), initials, tailpieces. Signatures: *-2*⁴ A-Q⁴. The four folded plates were engraved by Cornelis Galle after designs by Peter Paul Rubens. Printed marginal notations. First book with illustrations by Peter Paul Rubens.

Local Note: Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has stamps and autograph of William John Hill, Harrow, Dec. 1888.

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Emory University Libraries
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