Aquila Romana, ouero, Monarchia occidentale da Carlo Magno d'Occidente imperador primo :
sino alla coronatione del glorioso Leopoldo Primo : tutti con le loro effigie dal naturale, aggiontiui li geroglifici ed allegorie, inuentione dell' autore /
opera di Gio. Palazzi ...

Description

Main Author

Palazzi, Giovanni, 1646-1703.

Related Names

Parè, Giovanni, 17th cent.
Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725.
Thiboust, Benoît, b. 1619.
Sikkelaer, Pieter van.
Merlen, Cornelis van, d. 1723.
Heckenauer, Leonhard, 1650?-1704.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Venetia : A spese dell' autore, si vende da Giouanni Parè ..., M DC LXXIX [1679]

Subjects

Emperors > Emperors / Holy Roman Empire.
Holy Roman Empire > Holy Roman Empire / Kings and rulers.
Engravings > Engravings / Italy > Engravings / Italy / 17th century.
Allegory > Allegory / Italy > Allegory / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Errata, p. 175.
Signatures: pi⁴ A-Y⁴.
Engraved frontispiece and 48 full-page allegorical engravings of the emperors, some signed by Benoît Thiboust, Arnold van Westerhout, Leonhard Heckenauer, Pieter van Sikkelaer. Woodcut printer's device on t.p., head- and tail-pieces, initials.
Not an emblem book according to Praz, though sometimes considered one.
Part of Palazzi's series Monarchia occidentalis. See p. [7] of preliminaries.

Physical Description

[8], 175, [1] p. : ill., ports. ; 38 cm. (fol.)

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