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<dl><dd>Printer and date from colophon. The date on the engraved t.p. is 1573, retained from the 1st ed</dd>
<dd>Dedication and prefatory epistle by Ortelius</dd>
<dd>Heads of divinities and personifications engraved by Philippe Galle (see Bib. belgica), each in a roundel with broad border of strapwork and grotesquerie, incorporating 2 tablets for name of the figure represented and the coin from which it was taken. The 5 additional plates included in this ed. are characterized in Bib. belgica as being in the same style</dd>
<dd>"Scriptorvm vetervm ac recentivm, qvi ex professo deorvm gentilivm historias vel imagines descripservnt, elenchvs"--P. [7]</dd>
<dd>Bib. Belgica (1964-1970 éd.)</dd>
<dd>Binding: marbled paper, half calf. Red spine label with title: DEORUM / DEARVMQVE / CAPITA. The edges red</dd>
<dd>Plates of Library's copy numbered at foot in brown ink 1-59. In addition the 1st plate of each gathering is lettered B-Q at lower right corner</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598; Gods in numismatics; Numismatics, Roman</div>
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<dl><dd>Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598</dd>
<dd>Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612</dd></dl></div>
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