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FIRST EDITION OF AN EARLY CLASSIC GORLAEUS, ABRAHAM. Dactyliotheca Seu Annulorum Sigillarium quorum apud Priscos tam Graecos Quam Romanos usus. 137
FIRST EDITION OF AN EARLY CLASSIC GORLAEUS, ABRAHAM. Dactyliotheca Seu Annulorum Sigillarium quorum apud Priscos tam Graecos Quam Romanos usus. 137 plates containing 344 images of rings and unset gems. [2], [24], 16, [3], [1], [7], pages. 18th century deerskin dyed rose, gilt borders and spine (browned), rubbed; splits before front blank and title, dampstaining to top portion of preliminaries through engraved portrait, area affecting title is also browned and brittle, but reinforced on verso, few plates with mild foxing. Delft, 1601
- Notes: first edition of "the earliest work on this special subject that has come to my knowledge"--C. W. King as quoted in Sinkankas. After Gorlaeus's death in 1609 at Delft, his cabinet was purchased by James I for the Prince of Wales, but was dispersed upon the sale of the Royal Gallery under the Commonwealth. Many of the gems were recognized by later experts among other noteworthy collections including Sinkankas's discoveries of several examples in the Arundel collection. Sinkankas 2470.
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