IMPERATORUM ET CAESARUM VITAE
cum imaginibus ad vivam expressis.
Libellus auctus cum elencho & Iconiis Consulum ab Authore. M.D. XXXIIII
by humanist and traveler Huttich, Johann (1480-1544)
[Lives of Emperors and Caesars, with portraits]
Bound with:
CONSULUM ROMANORUM ELENCHUS
[Strasbourg, W. Koephel] (Vuolphgangus Caephalaeus); 1534
Size 5 1/2 by 7 3/4"
2 parts in 1 volume
Two title pages in an elegant historiated frames
268 medallions depicting the Roman emperors by Weiditz, Hans (ca. 1495- ca. 1536)
full-page printer's devices
Upper part of the title page and lower part of pp. 81/82 replaced with old manuscripts, folded manuscript bound between leaves A2 and A3, slight foxing, some toning, 18th century half vellum binding , manuscript title on the spine,
some wear of binding
This is the first edition to contain the supplement on the Consuls (ELENCHUS)

"The medallions of the emperors [and their families] commencing with Julius Caesar and ending with Frederick III, Maximilian I and his son Philip the Fair, Charles V and Ferdinand I.
Most are enclosed in ornamental borders with fauns, cupids, Adam and Eve, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hercules etc." (Fairfax Murray).
Fourth and most complete edition of Huttich’s "Imperatorum et Caesarum Vitae", his most important work, first published in 1525. The first section covers the imperial families from Julius Caesar to Gallienus, the son of Valerian.
This section is followed by "thirty tyrants", a group of third-century would-be usurpers and self-proclaimed Augusti and Caesares, and the emperors and Augusti from Aurelian to Theodosius II and Valentinian III.
This section is followed by the emperors of the Eastern Empire based at Constantinople, beginning with Martian and concluding with Michael Cyropalates.
The revival of the western imperial line begins with Charlemagne and concludes with the reigns of Charles V, Emperor of Germany and his brother Ferdinand I.
This edition includes a supplemental section: "Elenchus Consulum Romanorum" a chronological list of the consuls printed between decorative woodcut borders.
This section concludes with a series of woodcut medallions.
The ornate divisional title border shows scenes from the Iliad including Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy.
"Besides the borders, there are 84 medallions, obverse and reverse, in the same style as the preceding, apparently by Weiditz." (Fairfax Murray)



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