Cum Privilegio Cæsareo & Saxonico. Ienæ: Typis Tobiæ Steinmanni: Impensis Henningi Grosii civis & Bibliopolæ Lipsensis,, Anno M. D. XCVII.
Physical Description
[48] p.: illus.; 295 mm.
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Paulus Iovius lib. 5. Elogiorum; Index Iconum Ducum Saxoniæ - [Text and illus.]
Summary Note
The work consists of large cuts accompanied by Latin verse descriptions - thirty-eight cuts showing portraits of rulers of Saxony, two showing frames with blanks instead of portraits, and one showing a coat of arms.
Provenance
[Second copy:] The title-page is inscribed in ink, 'Caspar a Metzerad [?] 1610'.
Binding Note
[Second copy:] 19th-century half brown morocco, brown marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Reusner Imagines Sax.' and 'Ienæ 1597'.
Subject
Rulers - Monarchs - Celebrities - Germany - Saxony - History
Portraits - Drawings - Germany - 16th century