1743 4th Edition
SERIES AUGUSTORUM, AUGUSTARUM, CÆSARUM, ET TYRANNORUM OMNIUM
Tam in Oriente, quam in Occidente, a C. J. Cæsare ad Carolum VII. Cum eorundem imaginibus, ex optimorum numismatum fide ad vivum expressis. Auctore Laurentio Patarol, cujus vita nunc primum datur.
An appealing fourth edition of Lorenzo Patarol’s illustrated numismatic history of the Roman, Byzantine and Holy Roman imperial succession, printed at Venice by Giovanni Battista Pasquali in 1743.
The work presents a chronological series of emperors, empresses, Caesars and rival claimants in the eastern and western empires, extending from Julius Caesar to Charles VII. The biographical text is accompanied by 15 folding engraved plates of imperial portraits derived from coins and medals, making the volume both a historical compendium and an important example of eighteenth-century numismatic scholarship.
This copy has particularly appropriate collecting provenance. A French inscription on the front pastedown, dated Livorno, 26 June 1753, names J. D. de Montets, J. R. de Vall Travers and Monsieur de Guise, apparently recording ownership or association during an Italian journey. The reference to Vall Travers as governor and travelling companion to Monsieur de Guise is consistent with Rodolphe Valltravers, who is documented as serving as governor to John Guise while travelling in Italy in 1753. The volume was later bound for the noted Leeds numismatist and collector William Boyne, whose gilt arms and the wording “W. Boyne, Leeds, 1850” appear on the upper board. The Valltravers identification is probable rather than conclusively established.
By Lorenzo Patarol
Provenance: Contemporary French ownership or travel inscription to the front pastedown, dated Livorno, 26 June 1753, naming J. D. de Montets, J. R. de Vall Travers and Monsieur de Guise.
Probably associated with Rodolphe Valltravers, later FRS, who is documented as travelling in Italy in 1753 as governor to John Guise.
Later bound for William Boyne of Leeds, numismatist, antiquarian and collector, with his gilt arms and the date 1850 to the upper board. Boyne was an important writer on British tokens and assembled extensive collections of coins, medals and books.
Format: Leather, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: Venetiis, apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, Venice
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - A sound and attractive copy in later calf, the boards framed with a gilt fillet and the upper board bearing the gilt arms and name of W. Boyne, Leeds, dated 1850.
The spine has been rebacked in calf and is divided into six compartments by gilt-ruled raised bands, with a gilt-lettered pink leather label in the second compartment. Joints creased and showing some wear but remaining firm; inner hinges sound. Boards rubbed, scratched and marked, with neat repairs to the corners. Spine generally well preserved following restoration.
Complete with 15 folding engraved plates, bound together at the rear. Minor spotting and brown blemishes to some plate margins and unprinted portions. A few marginal handling marks just touch or slightly clip the image area of the final plate; the remaining engraved images are generally clean and well preserved.
Letterpress leaves with scattered spotting and brown blemishes, chiefly minor and marginal but more pronounced on the opening and closing leaves. The text block shows some cockling or undulation throughout, together with occasional creasing.
French ink inscription dated 1753 to the front pastedown, with a small area of abrasion partly obscuring the writing. Sewing firm and all leaves securely held.
A handsome working copy of Patarol’s principal numismatic publication, enhanced by its complete suite of folding plates and its associations with an eighteenth-century Grand Tour and the nineteenth-century numismatist William Boyne.
Title page with printer’s woodcut device; decorative woodcut ornaments and initials; 15 folding engraved numismatic plates.
Collation: xxiv, 152 pp.; 15 folding engraved plates
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Digitised 1743 copy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, available through Google Books
Teylers Museum digital copy, recording 152 pages and 15 plates
Venator & Hanstein, Auction 173, lot 81: xxiv, 152 pp.; 15 folding engraved plates
Kolbe & Fanning, Sale 145, lot 128
Author Bio: Lorenzo Patarol was a Venetian classicist, numismatist, collector and naturalist, born in 1674 and deceased in 1727. His interests extended from Roman antiquity and medallic portraiture to Latin poetry, botany and natural history. He established a private garden near the Madonna dell’Orto in Venice and assembled an extensive herbarium, part of which survives in the Natural History Museum of Venice.
His best-known numismatic work, the Series Augustorum, first appeared in 1702. Later editions extended and reorganised its imperial biographies and illustrations. His collected writings were issued posthumously by Pasquali in 1743.
Synopsis: The Series Augustorum is a chronological biographical survey of imperial rulers and rival claimants in the Roman, Byzantine and western imperial traditions.
Patarol records their ancestry, marriages, accessions, principal events and deaths, using surviving coins and medals as evidence for their portraiture. The category of tyranni encompasses usurpers and competing imperial claimants rather than merely rulers judged tyrannical in the modern sense.
The fourth edition extends the sequence from Julius Caesar to Charles VII and gathers the numismatic portraits into 15 folding engraved plates. It offers a characteristic Enlightenment combination of biography, chronology, antiquarian scholarship and the study of material evidence.
SKU: BTETM0002164
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1743 4th Edition
SERIES AUGUSTORUM, AUGUSTARUM, CÆSARUM, ET TYRANNORUM OMNIUM
Tam in Oriente, quam in Occidente, a C. J. Cæsare ad Carolum VII. Cum eorundem imaginibus, ex optimorum numismatum fide ad vivum expressis. Auctore Laurentio Patarol, cujus vita nunc primum datur.
An appealing fourth edition of Lorenzo Patarol’s illustrated numismatic history of the Roman, Byzantine and Holy Roman imperial succession, printed at Venice by Giovanni Battista Pasquali in 1743.
The work presents a chronological series of emperors, empresses, Caesars and rival claimants in the eastern and western empires, extending from Julius Caesar to Charles VII. The biographical text is accompanied by 15 folding engraved plates of imperial portraits derived from coins and medals, making the volume both a historical compendium and an important example of eighteenth-century numismatic scholarship.
This copy has particularly appropriate collecting provenance. A French inscription on the front pastedown, dated Livorno, 26 June 1753, names J. D. de Montets, J. R. de Vall Travers and Monsieur de Guise, apparently recording ownership or association during an Italian journey. The reference to Vall Travers as governor and travelling companion to Monsieur de Guise is consistent with Rodolphe Valltravers, who is documented as serving as governor to John Guise while travelling in Italy in 1753. The volume was later bound for the noted Leeds numismatist and collector William Boyne, whose gilt arms and the wording “W. Boyne, Leeds, 1850” appear on the upper board. The Valltravers identification is probable rather than conclusively established.
By Lorenzo Patarol
Provenance: Contemporary French ownership or travel inscription to the front pastedown, dated Livorno, 26 June 1753, naming J. D. de Montets, J. R. de Vall Travers and Monsieur de Guise.
Probably associated with Rodolphe Valltravers, later FRS, who is documented as travelling in Italy in 1753 as governor to John Guise.
Later bound for William Boyne of Leeds, numismatist, antiquarian and collector, with his gilt arms and the date 1850 to the upper board. Boyne was an important writer on British tokens and assembled extensive collections of coins, medals and books.
Format: Leather, quarto (4to 9 1⁄2 × 12 in 241 × 305 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: Venetiis, apud Jo. Baptistam Pasquali, Venice
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Very Good - A sound and attractive copy in later calf, the boards framed with a gilt fillet and the upper board bearing the gilt arms and name of W. Boyne, Leeds, dated 1850.
The spine has been rebacked in calf and is divided into six compartments by gilt-ruled raised bands, with a gilt-lettered pink leather label in the second compartment. Joints creased and showing some wear but remaining firm; inner hinges sound. Boards rubbed, scratched and marked, with neat repairs to the corners. Spine generally well preserved following restoration.
Complete with 15 folding engraved plates, bound together at the rear. Minor spotting and brown blemishes to some plate margins and unprinted portions. A few marginal handling marks just touch or slightly clip the image area of the final plate; the remaining engraved images are generally clean and well preserved.
Letterpress leaves with scattered spotting and brown blemishes, chiefly minor and marginal but more pronounced on the opening and closing leaves. The text block shows some cockling or undulation throughout, together with occasional creasing.
French ink inscription dated 1753 to the front pastedown, with a small area of abrasion partly obscuring the writing. Sewing firm and all leaves securely held.
A handsome working copy of Patarol’s principal numismatic publication, enhanced by its complete suite of folding plates and its associations with an eighteenth-century Grand Tour and the nineteenth-century numismatist William Boyne.
Title page with printer’s woodcut device; decorative woodcut ornaments and initials; 15 folding engraved numismatic plates.
Collation: xxiv, 152 pp.; 15 folding engraved plates
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
References:
Digitised 1743 copy, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, available through Google Books
Teylers Museum digital copy, recording 152 pages and 15 plates
Venator & Hanstein, Auction 173, lot 81: xxiv, 152 pp.; 15 folding engraved plates
Kolbe & Fanning, Sale 145, lot 128
Author Bio: Lorenzo Patarol was a Venetian classicist, numismatist, collector and naturalist, born in 1674 and deceased in 1727. His interests extended from Roman antiquity and medallic portraiture to Latin poetry, botany and natural history. He established a private garden near the Madonna dell’Orto in Venice and assembled an extensive herbarium, part of which survives in the Natural History Museum of Venice.
His best-known numismatic work, the Series Augustorum, first appeared in 1702. Later editions extended and reorganised its imperial biographies and illustrations. His collected writings were issued posthumously by Pasquali in 1743.
Synopsis: The Series Augustorum is a chronological biographical survey of imperial rulers and rival claimants in the Roman, Byzantine and western imperial traditions.
Patarol records their ancestry, marriages, accessions, principal events and deaths, using surviving coins and medals as evidence for their portraiture. The category of tyranni encompasses usurpers and competing imperial claimants rather than merely rulers judged tyrannical in the modern sense.
The fourth edition extends the sequence from Julius Caesar to Charles VII and gathers the numismatic portraits into 15 folding engraved plates. It offers a characteristic Enlightenment combination of biography, chronology, antiquarian scholarship and the study of material evidence.
SKU: BTETM0002164
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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