Author: Solerius Cemeliensis, Anselmus, pseud. [Raynaud, Th?ophile]; (Frisius, Andreas Wilhelmus, ed.): Bosso, Girolamo:

Title: De pileo c?terisque capitis tegminibus tam sacris, qu?m profanis. Editio novissima aucta, emendata & figuris ?neis exornata; [bound with] De toga romana commentarivs, Accedit ex Philippo Rvbenio iconismus statuae togatae, et praeter indicem geminum, quem adjecimus, De modo gestandi togam ex Ferrario dissertatio.

Publication: Amstelodami [Amseterdam]: sumptibus Andre? Frisii, 1671; 1671.

Description: 2 works bound as 1, often found together. 12mo., pp. [xii], 379, [xli] + 4 plates, including 3 folding; 84, [xii] + 1 folding plate. De Pileo with engraved title-page and second title-page with vignette (both part of first gathering), many engraved illustrations several of which occupy a full page, with final blank leaf. Very slightly toned but clean, short repaired tear to De Toga Romana's folding plate at gutter. Contemporary vellum, title inked to spine, edges sprinkled red. A few marks and smudges, corners very mildly rubbed, a very good copy indeed.

Solerius' De Pileo is a curious work on hats and headgear, pseudonymously published by the French Jesuit theologian Th?ophile Raynaud (1583-1663). Amongst the numerous illustrations, the engraved title-page is signed by Romeyn de Hooghe; one folded plate is signed by Cornelis Galle. This 'new edition' of 1671 followed its original publication in Leiden in 1655. Here, it is found paired with the second edition of Girolamo Bosso's work on Roman secular and clerical togas, which made its first appearance in Pavia in 1614.

Bibliography: Lipperheide 1650; Barbier III 700 & Lipperheide 220; Colas 399

Reference Number: [52285]

Price: £500

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