Lot 237: [LAFRERY, Antoine (1512-77, editor). Inlustrium

[LAFRERY, Antoine (1512-77, editor). Inlustrium virorum ut exstant in urbe expressi vultus. Rome: ?c.1596, or later]. 4to (212 x 147mm, size of images). 18 hand-coloured engraved plates of busts of emperor's, philosophers, gods etc., numbered III, VI, VIII, XXX, XXXI, XXXII, XXXIII, XXXV, XXXVII, XXXIV, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLI, XLV, XLIX, L, LI and LII, unbound [?as issued], laid down on paper. The heads bear a striking resemblance to "The Philosophers" in front of The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. (18)