Insignivm aliqvot virorvm icones
Publisher: Apvd Ioan. Tornaesium
Published: 1559
Place of publication: Lugduni
Language: lat
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Ancient Portraits; Biography
Other titles: Insignium aliquot virorum icones
Notes: Dedication on leaf A2 by "I.T.F.S." (i.e. Ioannes Tornaesius filius salutem; see Mortimer).

De Tournes' device with two snakes on t.p. Portrait heads in roundels with name of subject around rim. Headpieces, arabesque initials.

Includes index.

"Auctores quibus in hoc opusculo vsi sumus"--P. [7-8] of preliminaries.

Mortimer, R.  French 16th-cent., 527

Getty copy lacks second of the two final blank leaves.

Binding: vellum. Foredges turned down over textblock about 6 mm. Page edges sprinkled red.

Signature at head of t.p.: T. Gallotius. Above printer's device: Clement. Owner's stamp in blank ink at foot of t.p., with monogram and coronet. At either side of the stamp is an ownership inscription: Francisci ?Scytiniani / ex dono Ab. Balserini.