Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium & Occidentalium Iconum, ex antiquis Numismatibus quàm fidelissimè deliniatarum. Ex Musæo Iacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquarii.
Lugduni,: Apud Iacobum De Strada, Et Thomam Guerinum,, M. D. LIII. Cum Privilegio Regio.
Physical Description
[84], 339, [3] p.: illus.; 243 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Iacobus De Strada Mantuanus Antiquarius Ad Lectorem - Index Numismatum Quæ Nusquam Antea In Lucem Sunt Edita - Index Imperatorum Seu Caesarum, Eo Ipso Ordine, quo sibi ipsis invicem successerunt ... - Index Rerum, Vocum Et Sententiarum Maxime Insignium ... - Errata sic corrigito - [Text, with illus.] - Le Privilege du Roy - [Colophon].
Responsibility Note
No illustration is signed.
The printer is named in the colophon: 'Lugduni, Excudebat Ioannes Tornæsius.'
The work is dedicated by Strada to I.I. Fugger.
References
University of Cambridge, Catalogue Of Books Printed On The Continent Of Europe, 1501-1600, ed. H.M. Adams (1967), v.II. S1916; Harvard University, Harvard College Library Department Of Printing And Graphic Arts Catalogue Of Books And Manuscripts Part I: French 16th Century Books, comp. R. Mortimer (1964), vol. II no. 502, p.616; A. Cartier, Bibliographie des éditions des de Tournes (1937), vol. I. nos 259, 260.
Two numismatic surveys are: F. Bassoli, Antiquarian books on coins and medals (2001); C.E. Dekesel, A bibliography of 16th century numismatic books (1997).
Strada's Musaeum is discussed in D.J. Jansen, 'Jacopo Strada's antiquarian interests: a survey of his Musaeum and its purpose', in Rome and the Renaissance (1987; and repr. in Xenia, (1991), p.59-76.
Summary Note
The text describes coins of Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V.
Working as architect, antiquary and designer, Strada disseminated Italian Renaissance concerns in Austria and German-speaking countries, both through his own commissions and through his Musaeum in Vienna, which was accessible to artists and patrons. The Musaeum included books, drawings, paintings, antiquities, coins and medals. From these he caused several 'libri di disegni' to be drawn, and planned a publishing project of some fifty books - of which hardly any saw the light.
Provenance
Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
18th-century calf, rebacked; red morocco spine-label, lettered, 'Thesauri Antiquitatum'.
Subject
Emperors - Rome - Mediterranean Region - Europe - History
Coins, Roman - Portraits - Rome - Mediterranean Region - Europe - History
Pictorial works - France - 16th century