RARE BOOKS & FINE ARTS

E-Auction 4  –  10 May 2020

RARE BOOKS & FINE ARTS, E-Auction 4

Numismatic Literature and Coins

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PATAROL Laurentius. Series augustorum, augustarum caesarum, et tyrannorum omnium, tam in Oriente, quam in Occidente, AC. J. Caesare ad Leopoldum. Cum eorundem imaginibus ex Pptimorum Numismatum fide ad vivum expressis. Venetiis, Typis Antonii Bortoli, 1702 cm. 20, pp. 237 (3). Beautiful allegorical door, frontispiece in red and black and many graceful copper engravings depicting the emperors. Elegant contemporary binding in full green parchment with ms titles. on the back. Only a small reinstatement of paper on the low white corner of the title page, which is also beautiful, fresh and in excellent condition. Lorenzo Patarolo (1674-1757), from Verona, was a literate and erudite collector of antiquities. Cfr. Cicogna (5174): "Era bello e grande il museo di medaglie che possedeva Lorenzo Patarol autore di questo libro; il perchè' potè dare questa Serie colle effigie genuine tratte dal suo museo stesso."; Cfr. Choix, IX, 13051.

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