Dedication by Nicolas Le Pois, who oversaw the publication after the death of his brother

Estienne device on t.p. The engraved port. of the author on plate following title leaf, and the 20 engraved plates of medals at end are signed with the monogram of Pierre Woeriot; the plates are lettered * A-N a-f. Woodcut ill. in text, including 5 full-page that depict larger Roman antiquities. Head and tail pieces, decorated initials

Plate on o2v depicting Priapus is intact in Getty copies, though sometimes mutilated or wanting; see Renouard

Signatures: ã e A-Z a-p

Includes index

Renouard, A.A. Les Estienne

Sloan candidate

Binding, c. 1: 18th-century mottled calf. Spine tooled in gilt, author and title in gilt on brown goatskin label. Edges of boards tooled with double fillets in gilt. Page edges red. Green silk place marker. Binding, c. 2: 19th-century marbled paper, backed with red goatskin. Author and title on spine in gilt, imprint at foot. Page edges red

At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown, c. 1, is calligraphic book label of Theodore Besterman, signed with the initials P.S. Signature on t.p. at either side of device: Pierre / Richard. Occasional marginal annotations

At upper left-hand corner of front pastedown, c. 2, is book label of Leo S. Olschki, Firenze, with a number and a shelf mark added in pencil. Bibliographical notes on front free endpaper verso. Signature of Nicolas Le Pois at foot of t.p

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