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CAVALIERI, Giovanni Battista (1525-1601). Pontificum Romanorum effigies. Rome: Basa, 1580.
First edition of this famous collection of portraits of the popes from St. Peter to Gregory XIII.8vo, (165 x 115mm). 2 engraved title-pages, frontispiece and 220 portraits of popes in the text, large printer's device to colophon (slightly browned, some browning at the base of the first few leaves). Contemporary binding with gilt title-piece to spine, blue edges. Provenance: Contemporary handwritten note on the section devoted to the biography of Gregory XIII indicating his death in 1585 and the subsequent 15-day vacant papal seat. (1)
ESTIMATE € 200 - 500
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