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JUNIUS, Franciscus. De pictura veterum Libri Tres. Amsterdam, Io. Blaeu, 1637 4to; 200x155 mm; coeval full vellum binding, tit. mss. on spine; pp. 16 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 318; italics in Greek and Latin. Nice typ. mark to Front, Iniz. fig. xyl. Occasional dampstaining and spotting, good copy. First Edition of this remarkable treatise "mine of antiquarian erudition even today" (Schlosser). F. Junius (1589-1677) studied and worked in England, was librarian to Earl Arundel, but belonged to the Franco-Dutch artistic milieu, was a friend of Rubens and Antony Van Dyck. "His great archaeological work "De pictura veterum" is, like Winckelmann's, constructed in the style of a great treatise of classicist coinage, despite its historical tendencies" (Schlosser).Cicognara 147; Schlosser p. 512, 641. 4to; 200x155 mm; contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on back; 16 unnumbered pages (incl. titlepage), 318; roman and greek type. Nice printer's device on titlepage. Woodcut initial letters. Occasional stain of humidity and foxing, good copy. First Edition of this remarkable treatise "mine of antiquarian erudition even today" (Schlosser). F. Junius (1589-1677) studied and worked in England, was the librarian of Count Arundel, but belonged to the Franco-Dutch artistic environment, was a friend of Rubens and Antony Van Dyck. "His great archaeological work "De pictura veterum" is, like Winckelmann's, constructed in the style of a great treatise of classicist coinage, despite its historical tendencies" (Schlosser).

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JUNIUS, Franciscus. De pictura veterum Libri Tres. Amsterdam, Io. Blaeu, 1637 4to; 200x155 mm; coeval full vellum binding, tit. mss. on spine; pp. 16 nn. (incl. Frontispiece), 318; italics in Greek and Latin. Nice typ. mark to Front, Iniz. fig. xyl. Occasional dampstaining and spotting, good copy. First Edition of this remarkable treatise "mine of antiquarian erudition even today" (Schlosser). F. Junius (1589-1677) studied and worked in England, was librarian to Earl Arundel, but belonged to the Franco-Dutch artistic milieu, was a friend of Rubens and Antony Van Dyck. "His great archaeological work "De pictura veterum" is, like Winckelmann's, constructed in the style of a great treatise of classicist coinage, despite its historical tendencies" (Schlosser).Cicognara 147; Schlosser p. 512, 641. 4to; 200x155 mm; contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on back; 16 unnumbered pages (incl. titlepage), 318; roman and greek type. Nice printer's device on titlepage. Woodcut initial letters. Occasional stain of humidity and foxing, good copy. First Edition of this remarkable treatise "mine of antiquarian erudition even today" (Schlosser). F. Junius (1589-1677) studied and worked in England, was the librarian of Count Arundel, but belonged to the Franco-Dutch artistic environment, was a friend of Rubens and Antony Van Dyck. "His great archaeological work "De pictura veterum" is, like Winckelmann's, constructed in the style of a great treatise of classicist coinage, despite its historical tendencies" (Schlosser).

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