PALAZZI GIOVANNI Aquila inter lilia sub qua Francorum caesar

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PALAZZI, GIOVANNI. Aquila inter lilia, sub qua Francorum caesarum a Carolo Magno usque ad Conradum imperatorem occidentis X. elogiis, hieroglyphicis, numismatibus, insignibus, symbolis, fasta exarantur. Volume 1 (of 3). 10 full-page allegorical engravings and numerous text portraits and illustrations of heraldic, numismatic, and mythological subjects. [12], 386, [9] pages, including half-title ("Monarchia Occidentalis") and engraved frontispiece. Folio, 380x263 mm, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rebacked, covers warped, short crack in front joint; paper corrosion in upper outer corner of opening leaves, some marginal dampstaining, worsening towards end. Venice: Giovanni Giacomo Herz, 1671

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first edition of a work on the genealogy and biography of Frankish emperors, with scholarly digressions and allegorical, mythological, numismatic, and other illustrations; 2 further volumes on Saxon and Bavarian rulers were published in 1673-74. See Praz, page 442.