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Pts. 3-4 are by Johann Adam Lonicer and were printed by Matthaeus Becker for de Bry's heirs Each pt. has engraved t.p. Boissard's engraved port. by de Bry appears twice (A2r of pts. 1 & 2), in addition to the 50 ports. in each of pts. 1, 3 and 4 and the 48 in pt. 2. Many ports. in pts. 2-4 are signed with de Bry's monogram, while those on B1v (pt. 1) and K1v (pt. 2) are signed EN and that on C3v (pt. 3) is signed CH (or GH). Port. on 2H1v (pt. 3) is a cancel. Each port. is positioned on the left-hand page of an opening, even if the preceding recto is blank except for the page no., and the letterpress biography begins on the facing right-hand page. Head- and tail-pieces. Historiated and foliated initials Paging, pt. 1: 288, [8] p.; pt. 2: 300, [8] p.; pt. 3: [8], 327, [9] p.; pt. 4: [8], 335, [9] p Signatures, pt. 1: A-2O⁴; pt. 2: A-2P⁴ 2Q²; pt. 3: )(⁴ A-2T⁴; pt. 4: )(⁴ A-2V⁴ VD 16 VD 16 reports 12 preliminary leaves in pt. 1 which are lacking in Getty copy (and in others) In Getty copy Ee1.4 of pt. 1 misfolded, bound in reversed Binding: black goatskin. Author, title, pt. numbers on spine in gilt, with dates at foot. Edges of boards and turn-ins tooled in gilt, with Chombolle-Duru's signature on lower front turn-ins of both vols. Page edges marbled and gilt. Striped silk ribbon place marker At upper left-hand corner of front pastedowns of both vols. is Theodore Besterman's calligraphic label, signed in the plate by P.S. In lower right-hand margin of A2r of pts. 1 and 2 is the armorial property stamp in blank ink of the Bibliothek zur Danziger Stadt. Below this stamp in pt. 2 is another stamp in black ink: J.v.Sz