Ortelius, Abraham. Deorum dearumque capita ex vetustis numismatibus in gratiam antiquitatis studiosorum effigiata et edita. Ex museo Abrahami Ortelii. Antwerp: Philippe Galle, 1573
Vico, Enea. Discorsi di M. Enea Vico parmigiano, sopra le medaglie de gli antichi divisi in due libri. Ove si dimostrano notabili errori di Scrittori Antichi, e Moderni, intorno alle Historie Romane. Con due Tavole, l'una de' Capitoli, l'altra delle cose piu notabili. Venice: Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1558
First edition, a presentation copy from Ortelius to his friend Jean Vivien, humanist, merchant and collector of antiquities from Valenciennes, who went on an archaeological tour of the southern Netherlands with Ortelius, published as Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliae Belgicae partes (Plantin, 1584). Ortelius had a fine collection of antique coins which provided the images of the gods and goddesses.
Ortelius also presented copies of this 1573 edition to Frédéric Perrenot, Joannes Castelius (Jan van de Casteels, ca 1521-1581 or 1584, a humanist scholar from Bruges, some of whose works were printed by Plantin), and to Jan Moretus.
Vico's work on coins and medals was first printed in 1555 (Mortimer, Harvard Italian 531). On page 16 he includes a list of contemporary collectors of coins and medals, mostly Venetian, including Antonio Zantani (see lots 662-664), Antonio Manutio, himself, Pietro Bembo and Torquato Bembo
2 works in one volume, 4to (196 x130 mm). Ortelius: Roman and italic type. collation: A-P4: 62 leaves. Engraved title-page, 56 engraved plates. Vico: Italic type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-P4: 64 leaves. Title with large woodcut printer's device (slightly shaved at foot), engraved portrait of Cosimo de' Medici, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, final leaf with woodcut device (otherwise blank).
binding: Contemporary Flemish calf gilt (200 x 143 mm), gilt arabesque centrepiece with corner fleurons, spine with small gilt flower stamp, coloured edges (faded from purple?). (Binding slightly rubbed, rebacked retaining original spine.)
provenance: Jean Vivien (Joannes Vivianus, ca 1520-1598), his inscription on inside front cover dated Antwerp 1575 "autoris dono" — [Bruce McKitterick Rare Books, sold in 1990 to] — Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, sale, Christie's, New York, 20 June 2013, lot 625. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: Ortelius: Dekesel O5; USTC 401591; Vico: Dekesel V23; Edit16 26275; Marcel van den Broecke, "Abraham Ortelius's Library Reconstructed", Imago Mundi 66 (2014), p. 39
Ortelius, Abraham. Deorum dearumque capita ex vetustis numismatibus in gratiam antiquitatis studiosorum effigiata et edita. Ex museo Abrahami Ortelii. Antwerp: Philippe Galle, 1573
Vico, Enea. Discorsi di M. Enea Vico parmigiano, sopra le medaglie de gli antichi divisi in due libri. Ove si dimostrano notabili errori di Scrittori Antichi, e Moderni, intorno alle Historie Romane. Con due Tavole, l'una de' Capitoli, l'altra delle cose piu notabili. Venice: Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari, 1558
First edition, a presentation copy from Ortelius to his friend Jean Vivien, humanist, merchant and collector of antiquities from Valenciennes, who went on an archaeological tour of the southern Netherlands with Ortelius, published as Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliae Belgicae partes (Plantin, 1584). Ortelius had a fine collection of antique coins which provided the images of the gods and goddesses.
Ortelius also presented copies of this 1573 edition to Frédéric Perrenot, Joannes Castelius (Jan van de Casteels, ca 1521-1581 or 1584, a humanist scholar from Bruges, some of whose works were printed by Plantin), and to Jan Moretus.
Vico's work on coins and medals was first printed in 1555 (Mortimer, Harvard Italian 531). On page 16 he includes a list of contemporary collectors of coins and medals, mostly Venetian, including Antonio Zantani (see lots 662-664), Antonio Manutio, himself, Pietro Bembo and Torquato Bembo
2 works in one volume, 4to (196 x130 mm). Ortelius: Roman and italic type. collation: A-P4: 62 leaves. Engraved title-page, 56 engraved plates. Vico: Italic type, 37 lines plus headline. collation: *4 A-P4: 64 leaves. Title with large woodcut printer's device (slightly shaved at foot), engraved portrait of Cosimo de' Medici, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, final leaf with woodcut device (otherwise blank).
binding: Contemporary Flemish calf gilt (200 x 143 mm), gilt arabesque centrepiece with corner fleurons, spine with small gilt flower stamp, coloured edges (faded from purple?). (Binding slightly rubbed, rebacked retaining original spine.)
provenance: Jean Vivien (Joannes Vivianus, ca 1520-1598), his inscription on inside front cover dated Antwerp 1575 "autoris dono" — [Bruce McKitterick Rare Books, sold in 1990 to] — Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, sale, Christie's, New York, 20 June 2013, lot 625. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: Ortelius: Dekesel O5; USTC 401591; Vico: Dekesel V23; Edit16 26275; Marcel van den Broecke, "Abraham Ortelius's Library Reconstructed", Imago Mundi 66 (2014), p. 39
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