STREINNIUS, Richardus

by Richardus Streinnius

£2,500 · Offered by Sokol Books

Beautifully printed first edition of this work on Roman genealogy by Reichard Streun von Schwarzenau, Austrian nobleman, politician and historian, composed by the author when he was 21 years old. He was later a close associate of Maximilian II, and became renowned as the owner of a substantial private library, A copy of this work, in contemporary limp vellum, is preserved from Michel de Montaigne s library.

• Binding: Hardcover

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