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De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum: excerpta ex libris Sexti Aurelii Victoris, à Caesare Augusto usque ad Theodosium imperatorem. Andreas Schottus compositis tribus M.SS. cum Vett. vulgatis emendabat; scholiis & veris iconibus ex antiquis numismatis delineatis illustrabat. Quibus accesserunt & Eliae Vineti notae

Victor, Sextus Aurelius, Schottus, Andreas, 1552-1629, Gaasbeeck · 1669 · Lugd. Batav. Apud Gaasbequios · 66 pictures

A 1669 Latin edition printed at Leiden by the Gaasbeeck press, compiling Sextus Aurelius Victor's lives of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Theodosius, edited by Andreas Schott for scholars and students. Its pictures are small engraved roundels of emperors in profile, copied from ancient coins and framed by beaded borders and lettering, a ready source for classical medallion and cameo motifs.

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