BAUDOUIN, Benoit. (d. 1632). B. BALDUINUS DE CALCEO ANTIQUO, ET JUL. NIGRONUS DE CALIGA VETERUM.
Acceserunt et Q. Sept. F l. Tertulliani, Cl Salmasi & A Rvbeni scriptus plurima ejusdem argumenti In his scriptores vetere quamplurimi explicantur, & emendantur, nec non res ipsae adjectis aeneis figuris illstrantur. Amstelodami, sumptobus A. Frisi, 1667.
2 volumes in one. Illustrated with 28 full-page engraved plates, of which 7are folding out. The second volume has the title: Ivli Nigroni Genvensis De caliga vetervm dissertat subserseciva. Qua declaratur, quid ea sit latinin scriptoribus, in Sacra Scriptura, inure civili, as lapidibus vetustis. Editio novissima aucta emendata & figuris aeneis exornata.
$1,999.00
12mo, pp. [xii], 345, [xxix],[ii]; [iv], 213, [xv]. Bound in contemporary vellum with hand written contemporary inked spine label. Engraved general title-page with additional title-page for each work. Contains the period book plate of “E Eibliotheca Aloisii Marsuzi Jacobi. F. Advocati Romani showing a knight on a horse with a lance and the Latin ‘Paratus Quo Ducet’.” A fine copy. BMC Vol II., 210.509. Extremely rare edition in very good condition.
Written in Latin, this is a history of classical shoes and boots and costumes with some remarkable illustrations.