REUSNER, NICOLAUS Icones sive imagines vivae, literis cl. virorum, Italiae, Graeciae, Germaniae, Galliae, Angliae, Ungariae... cum

elogiis variis. 90 large woodcut portraits by Tobias Stimmer. [167] leaves. Small 8vo, old 1/2 sheep gilt, corners worn, front joint cracked; few headlines shaved, old ownership inscriptions on title, light dampstains at end, lacks last (blank?) leaf. Basel: Conrad Waldkirch, 1589 FIRST EDITION of an annotated collection of portraits of prominent contemporary authors, scholars, religious figures, physicians, etc. "The text consists in each case of an epitome of the life of the celebrity in the form of an epitaph, followed by Latin and Greek verses by various authors as Luther, Lauterbach, Reusner, Arias Montanus Barbarus, Camerarius... and many others" --Fairfax Murray/German 362 (1590 second edition).