Imperatorvm et Caesarvm vitae
Subtitle: cum imaginibus ad uiuam effigiem expressis : Libellus auctus cum elencho & iconijs consulum ab authore
Contributors: Weiditz, Hans, approximately 1495-approximately 1536, ill; Weiditz, Hans, active 16th century , illustrator
Publisher: Wolfgang Köpfel
Published: 1537
Place of publication: Strasburg
Language: lat
Number of pages: 89
Subjects: Emperors; Roman Consuls; Kings and rulers
Work titles: Imperatorum Romanorum libellus
Notes: Signatures: pt. 1. Aa-Bb4, A-X4, Y6; pt. 2. aa-dd4.

Pt. 1 has colophon: Argentorati Vuolphgangus Caephalaeus excussit anno. M.D.XXXIIII.

Pt. 2 has title "Consvlvm Romanorvm elenchus" and has colophon dated 1537; in this edition of that part the printer's preface on t.p. verso has last line reading: à nobis expecta.

Title pages within ornamental borders; printer's mark at end of both pts.

Contains portrait roundels by Hans Weiditz, copied from those in Andrea Fulvio's "Illustrium imagines" of 1517; they depict the Roman and German emperors since Julius Caesar, are mostly taken from antique coins, and are accompanied by historical sketches.

Includes index.