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Justus Rycquius : De Capitolio Romano Commentarius / Romae Urbi Aeternae Urbium Reginae Terrar Luci Virtutum Omnium Lari Fonti Disciplinar Theatro Ingenior Legum Parenti Justitae Vindici Relligionis Verae Capiti Ac Normae Capitolium

Full contemporary vellum, with manuscript ink title on flat spine. , With stenciled manuscript title page, leaves have light age-toning throughout; otherwise a very good copy., 4to., P. (2), dedication to Rome (2), dedication to D. Scipioni Cobellutio (5), to the reader (5), “Strabo amasianus,” “censura,” 1-179, contents (8), index (4), blank, (2)., With 2 half-page plates (one of Romulus and Remus with the she-wolf), 1 full-page woodcut of a temple by Palladio, and several woodcut images of coins throughout.

Text in Latin.
The poet Justus Rycquius returned to his home country of Belgium in 1614 after having spent eight years in Italy, gathering material for this book. He later served as canon to the cathedral of Ghent, and spent his last years as a professor at Bologna.


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