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<dl><dd>Dedication and prefatory epistle by Ortelius</dd>
<dd>Printer from colophon</dd>
<dd>Engraved t.p</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</dd>
<dd>"Scriptorvm vetervm ac recentivm, qvi ex professo deorvm gentilivm historias vel imagines descripservnt, elenchvs"--P. [7-8]</dd>
<dd>Bib. Belgica (1964-1970 éd.)</dd>
<dd>Binding: mottled sheepskin. Rebacked. Double fillets in gilt along edges of boards, spine good tooled. The edges sprinkled red. Theodore Besterman's booklabel centered on recto of front free pastedown</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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