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1 (ADDISON, Joseph). Della utilità delle antiche medaglie dialoghi. Opera nuovamente tradotta sulla terza edizione Inglese. N.p., presso Anania Coen di Reggio, 1797.

Crown octavo (185 x 130mm). Collated in accordance with Union Catalog Italy. Pp. 188, (4). Plus 10 numbered plates bound at end, with a total of 60 engraved impressions of coins. Small decorative device to title-page. Footnotes. Contemporary signature to first free endpaper, (worn). Hardcover, bound in contemporary paper-covered boards with handsome floral pattern, partly in relief; spine worn, boards partly detached. A very good copy (some brown spots, occasionally a finger soil).

- - Translated by Francisco Albergati Capacelli from the English “Dialogues Upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals”. Addison’s three dialogues first appeared in Italian in 1760 (Bologna: Dalla Volpe) under a slightly different title. Scarce. KVK locates just a single copy of this edition (Union Catalog Italy). Not in Lipsius. Cf. Lowndes I, p.11, listing the first English edition of 1726.
€ 460 --



2 BIE, Jacobi de; Caroli ducis Croii. [Charles de Croy; Jacob Jacobus Jacques De Bye; Ludolph Smids; Sigebertus Havercampus, Siwart Haverkamp, Sigeberti Haverkampi; Ludolphi Smids]. Imperatorum Romanorum a Julio Caesare ad Heraclium usque, Numismata Aurea, Excellentissimi, dum viveret, Caroli ducis Croii et Arschotani &c. Magno & sumptuoso studio collecta, Nec minore fide, atque industriâ Jacobi de Bie ex archetypis in aes incisa, Brevi & Historico Commentario explicata, Nunc in Usum Studiosae Antiquitatum Iuventutis. Berolini, Andr. Rüdiger [Berlin, Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus], 1705.

Octavo. (205 x 170mm). Pp. (xxii), 175. Plus 64 numbered copperplates leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins. Engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait. Handsome woodcut head-and tail-pieces and initials. Title printed in red and black; old inscription in neat contemporary hand to first free endpaper. Hardcover, bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine. Plates browned as usual in this edition due to stock quality. Overall a fine copy, neatly preserved.

- - The present Berlin edition, printed by Johannes Andreas Rüdigerus, was preceded by the Antwerp editions of 1615 and 1627 (Beller), and followed by the enlarged, 1738 Amsterdam edition (Schagen).
€ 700 --



3 BIE, Jacobi de; Ludolphi Smids; Sigebertus Havercampus, Caroli ducis Croii. [Charles de Croy; Jacob Jacobus Jacques De Bye; Ludolph Smids; Siwart Haverkamp, Sigeberti Haverkampi]. Imperatorum Romanorum a Julio Caesare ad Heraclium usque, Numismata Aurea, Excellentissimi, dum viveret, Caroli ducis Croii et Arschotani &c. Magno & sumptuoso studio collecta, Nec minore fide, atque industriâ Jacobi de Bie ex archetypis in aes incisa, Brevi & Historico Commentario explicata. Accedit Ludolphi Smids M. D. Romanorum imperatorum pinacotheca. Sigebertus Havercampus Recensuit & auxit. Amsteldam, Martinum Schagen, 1738.

Three parts in one volume. Royal quarto (280 x 225mm). I: Pp. (xiv), (iv) half-title, second title-page dated 1737, (viii), 186, (6) index. Plus engraved frontispiece and engraved portrait; II: 64 numbered copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only; III: Pp. 28, second engraved frontispiece, a suite of 12 splendid copperplate portraits of Roman emperors, all mounted on horses, with historiated backgrounds, each portrait accompanied by a verse engraved at bottom. Plus a 13th such plate, this with allegorical illustration, concluding the suit. Plus 12 copperplate leaves, each with 12 illustrations of coins, printed on recto only. Main title-page printed in red and black. Footnotes. Hardcover, wide-margined copy, uncut, bound in contemporary quarter red calf and marbled boards, raised bands, corner-tips bit worn; spine surface rubbed off, dye practically gone. In fine internal condition. Exceptionally bright interior; crisp plates.

- - The first and only enlarged edition of this work. Beautifully illustrated, this edition has an extended number of plates with a total of 912 coin impressions on 76 copperplates; 2 engraved frontispieces, one engraved bust portrait, and a remarkable suite of 13 exquisite emperor portraits, engraved by C. de Passe after Johannes Stradanus (Jan van der Straeten, 1523-1605). The work went through several editions, was first printed in Antwerp in 1615 and 1627 (Beller); later in Berlin in 1705 (Rüdiger). In 1738 publisher Martin Schagen got the publishing rights and issued the present copy. He could now reset the entire work and print it in elegant quarto format, add the Johannes Stradanus suite of portraits, extra suite of coin illustrations, and allow the plates the freedom to remain bound separately from the text. The edition was printed on handsome laid paper with ample margins, and the strikes of the plates are remarkably more beautiful than these of their predecessors.
€ 1200 --



4 BURMANNI, Petri [Pieter Burman (Burmann), Petrus Burmannus]. Zeus kataibates. Sive Jupiter fulgerator, in Cyrrhestarum nummis. Ad virum illustrem Gisbertum Cuperum, urbis Daventriensis consulem. Trajecti Batavorum, ex officina Guilielmi vande Water [Utrecht, Willem van de Water], 1700.

Octavo (190 x 150mm). Pp. (ii), 122, (2) verso blank. Large, engraved illustration to title-page, depicting 4 Greek-Roman bronze coins of Cyrrhus, with Jupiter as central image. Large, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Hardcover, bound in plain boards, neat manuscript title-label, spine lettered, chipped. Excellent, crisp interior in fine condition.

- - Rare first edition of Burman’s acclaimed of a treatise on coins of Cyrrhus. Collated in accordance with the Oxford University copy. Part of title transliterated from Greek. Pieter Burman the Elder [Peter Burmannus Secundus], (1668-1741) was Dutch classicist and philologists. Gisbert Cuper (1644-1716). Provenance: from the private collection of J. B. Vervliet, with his numismatic bookplate. Scarce.
€ 800 --



5 CARY, (Félix). Histoire des rois de Thrace et de ceux du Bosphore Cimmerien eclaircie par les medailles. [AND:] Dissertation. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1752.

Two volumes in one. Crown quarto (265 x 200mm). Pp. (iv), iv, (ii), 82, plus 2 fold-out copperplates with 21 impressions of coins (Rois de Thrace); iv, 88 (plus 2 divisional titles not included in the pagination), plus 4 copperplates with 44 impressions of coins (Rois du Bosphore). Woodcut head-pieces, initials, and title-page device. Half-title present. Shoulder notes. First 19 leaves have a hole (rodent activity?) at upper corner, not affecting text (repaired in first few leaves). A wide margined copy, bound in plain card wrappers, spine worn and loosening. A good copy, handsome plates.

- - First edition. The work contains two books bound in one, the second book, Dissertation, includes three parts: Preliminaire sur l’ere du Bosphore; Histoire des rois du Bosphore Cimmerien; IIIe Dynastie des rois du Bosphore Cimmerien. A second edition appeared in 1756, and was issued together with “Des Herrn Cary Geschichte der Könige von Thracien und vom cimmerischen Bosporo, erleutert aus den Münzen” by Siegmund Jacob Baumgarten. Félix Cary (1699-1754). Provenance: from the private collection of J. B. Vervliet, with his numismatic bookplate.
€ 450 --



6 CHISHULL, Edmund. Antiquitates Asiaticae Christianam aeram antecedentes; ex primariis monumentis Graecis descriptae, Latinè versae, notisque & commentariis illustratae. Accedit monumentum Latinum Ancyranum. Londini [London], Guil. [William] Bowyer, 1728.

Small folio (360 x 240mm). Pp. (x), 208; 8; (2) Errata leaf, dated 29 Sept. 1731. Plus 2 engraved plates outside the pagination. Large engraved illustration to title-page. Copper-engraved illustrations of coins, medals, lettering, inscriptions, and architectural monuments, in various formats, throughout. Large woodcut main head-piece. Woodcut text ornaments. Hardcover, handsomely bound in contemporary full polished calf, spine with raised bands, compartments richly decorated in gilt, black morocco label lettered in gilt, gilt panelled sides, joints neatly mended but very tender; marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges; few leaves somewhat marginally stained. Overall a very handsome, large paper copy.

- - First edition. Collated in accordance with the British Library copy. Lipsius p. 81. Lowndes I, p. 439. Not in Cicognara. Provenance: from the private collection of William Markham, Becca Lodge, Yorkshire, with his handsome armorial bookplate.

€ 900 --



7 DAVID, François Anne; Sylvain Maréchal. Le Museum de Florence, ou collection des pierres gravées, statues, medailles et peintures, qui se trouvent à Florence, principalement dans le Cabinet du Grand Duc de Toscane. Avec des explications françaises. Tome cinquième (V): Médailles antiques. Paris, Chez l’Auteur, F. A. David, 1787-1791.

Two parts in one volume. Crown quarto (260 x 205mm). Pp. 171; 90 numbered copperplate leaves, printed on recto only, with a total of ca. 350 medal impressions. Half-title, decorative additional title-page, 2 title-pages, one to each part; minute stain at utmost top margin of two leaves. Hardcover, bound in half calf and marbled boards (rubbed and chafed), spine richly gilt. Excellent interior in fine condition.

- - First edition. Not in Cicognara, Chamberlin, Winchell, Vinet, Brunet, Graesse, etc. The catalogue was published in 8 volumes, each complete in itself. The entire collection was engraved by François Anne David (1741-1824), who acted also as the publisher. The explanatory text to the present volume was provided by Sylvain Maréchal. François Valentin Mulot wrote the text to the other volumes. The plates, beautifully preserved in the present copy, are printed on heavy paper, each with four large impressions; few plates have each one or two impressions.
€ 680 --



8 DU CHOUL, Guilielmo. Veterum Romanorum religio, castrametatio, disciplina militaris ut & balneae. Ex antiquis numismatibus & lapidibus demonstrata. è Gallico in Latinum translata. Amstelaedami, Janssonio-Waesbergiose [Amsteldam, Janssonius-van Waesberge], 1686.

Octavo (220 x 165mm). Pp. (iv), 278, (24), (2), 121, (3). Numerous errors in pagination. With about 550 impressions of coins, beautifully engraved on copper and printed on the letterpress, and about 90 other such illustrations, mostly full-page, depicting military dress and accoutrement, army manoeuvre, drill, fortifications, etc., as well as other, civil subjects. Title-page printed in red and black, with illustrated device. Woodcut initials, shoulder notes; few leaves bit marginally soiled, repair for a tear without loss. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full calf, beautifully rebacked and with new leather on corners, spine with raised bands, gilt fleuron stamped in four compartments, gilt lettering in remainder, all edges sprinkled. Overall an excellent copy with fine, strong strikes of plates.

- - First Latin edition. COPAC lists some copies with added engraved title-page, dated 1685, not present here. Du Choul’s Classical work on ancient Roman coinage, religion, and army. First published in French in 1555. Lipsius p. 82.
€ 800 --



9 ENEA, Vico [Parmigiano]. Discorsi di Enea Vico Parmigiano, sopra le medaglie de gli antichi. Divisi in due libri, oue si dimostrano notabili errori de Scrittori Antichi, e Moderni, intorno alle Historie Romane. Con due tauole, l’una de’ capitoli, l’altra delle cose piu notabili. Opera restituta da Gi. Battista du Vallio. Pariggi [Paris], Maceo Ruette, 1619.

Royal octavo (230 x 170mm). Pp. 112, (16). Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, many illustrated initials.
Hardcover, bound in full pale calf, rebacked, panelled sides roll-tooled in blind, floral corner-pieces, rubbed and chafed in places, spine with raised bands, endpapers bit creased, few brown spots. A very good copy in fine internal condition.

- - Lipsius p. 422. Cf. Cicognara 3054, listing the first edition of 1555. Vico Enea (1523-1567). A native of Parma, he worked mostly in Florence. Published “Augustarum imagines aereis formis expressae”. Provenance: The Samuel Weare Gardiner’s (1821-1866) copy(?), with the armorial bookplate bearing the motto of the Order of the Garter “Honi soit qui mal y pense” (“Shame upon him who thinks evil of it”), mounted onto first pastedown; and with the heraldic bookplate of the Deene Library, “En grace affie” (“On grace depend”), mounted onto verso of title-page. Both plates, finely engraved on copper, are of particular charm.
€ 520 --



10 GHESQUIÈRE, l’Abbé [Joseph de Jesuit]. Mémoire sur trois points intéressans de l’histoire monétaire des Pays-Bas, avec les figures de plusieurs monnoies Belgiques tant d’or que d’argent frappées avant l’année 1450. Bruxelles, Lemaire, 1786.

Royal octavo 230 x 140mm). Pp. 214, (2) errata (verso blank). Plus 5 folding plates with a total of 61 finely engraved impressions of coins, bound at end. Half-title present. Foot- and shoulder notes. Hardcover, bound in quarter cloth and marbled boards (bit rubbed). In fine condition. Excellent copy, beautifully preserved interior.

- - First and only edition. Abbot Joseph Ghesquière’s (1731-1802) treatise on early Dutch coins, including Belgium and Luxemburg. In 1779 his “Dissertation de M. l’Abbé Ghesquière,... sur les différens genres de médailles antiques, ou examen critique des ‘Nouvelles recherches sur la science des médailles’ par M. Poinsinet de Sivry,...” was published in Nivelles by E. Plon. Scarce. KVK locates copies in National Library of the Netherlands, French Union Catalog, and Union Catalog Southwest Germany only. COPAC adds Oxford, Scotland, Cambridge, and British Library. No copies found in Library of Congress, German National Library, Swiss National Library, nor Union Catalog Italy. Not in Lipsius. De Backer & Sommervogel III, p. 1374.
€ 480 --



11 GOLTZIUS, Hubert. Thesaurus rei antiquariae Huberrimus. Ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum inscriptionibus pari diligentia qua fide conquisitus ac descriptus, & in Locos communes distributus. Antwerpiae, Ex Officina Gerardi Wolsschati Sumptibus Iacobi Biaei [Antwerp, Gerard Wolsschat for Jacob Bij (Jacob de Bie], 1618.

Royal quarto (322 x 214mm). Pp. (vi), 158 (verso blank). Set in double columns and paginated 1-314, skipping one page. Handsome engraved device to title-page; two decorative initials, corner-tip of one leaf neatly restored, minute blemishes elsewhere. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full vellum, laced boards, spine gilt, small paper restoration to first paste-down, all edges dyed aquamarine. Uniformly browned due to stock quality, else a very good copy.

- - Goltzius (Venlo 1526 - Bruges 1583) sketched the contents of over a thousand collections of coins, developing his drawings into a series of thematic and biographical studies in ancient history. His work laid the groundwork for the systematic study of numismatics. His publishing career began in 1557, with the publication of Vivae Imagines, and ended in 1579, when he published the first edition of the “Thesaurus rei antiquariae Huberrimus”. Much of his work, however, was left unpublished, and it was Jacob de Bie of Antwerp who gathered and published it, including the present edition of the “Thesaurus...” Lipsius 152. Brunet II, p. 1653. Not in Simoni.
€ 1800 --



12 (HAULTIN, Jean Baptiste). Histoire des empereurs Romains, depuis Iule Caesar iusques a Postumus. Avec toutes les medailles d’argent qu’ils ont faict batre de leurs temps, dans lesquelles sont representez leur
portraits au naturel, & leurs plus signalées actions par les revers
d’icelles. [Histoire des emperevrs Romains, depvis Ivle Caesar
ivsques a Postvmvs; Histoire des empereurs Romains, depuis Jule Caesar jusques a Postumus.]. Paris, Anotine de Sommaville & Augustin Courbe, 1645.

Quarto (310 x 205mm). Complete with all 201 leaves of coin and medal illustrations, printed on recto only (short clean tear in blank margin of one leaf, well away from image). Title-page with armorial device. Neat old pencil annotations in head margin throughout; index inked in contemporary hand on last free endpaper. Old bookplate to first paste-down, signature on title-page, old inscription at top of first free endpaper. Hardcover, bound in early full calf, beautifully rebacked by expert hand with new leather on corners and edges, spine with six raised bands between compartments, each compartment stamped with gilt fleuron, direct gilt lettering to second; red sprinkled edges. Handsome copy in a very good condition.

- - First and only edition of this work, dealing with Roman coins from 46 B.C until 260 A.D. Collated in accordance with the Oxford copy. Barbier, Ouvrages anonymes, II, p. 749. Brunet III, p. 60: “Volume très-rare.” Attributed to Jean Baptiste Haultin (1580-1640). Rare. OCLC 50521923 lists Bodleian and Christ Church Library only. KVK lists Union Catalog Northern Germany.
€ 1600 --



13 HAYM, Nicolò [Niccolò Nicolai Nicolao Nicola Nicholas] Francesco [Francisci Francisco] Romani [Romano]. Thesauri Britannici, seu Museum Numarium, quo continentur numi Graeci et Latini, omnis metalli et formae, necdum editi ab autore ipso coelati. Interprete Aloysio comite Cristiani Mediolanensi. [AND:] Thesauri Britannici pars altera, seu Museum Numarium complexum numos Graecos, et Latinos omnis metalli, et formae necdum editos, depictos et descriptos a Nicolao Francisco Haym Romano, inteprete Josepho Khell e S. J. (...) [TWO VOLUMES]. Vindobonae, ex officina Krausiana, 1763 & Vindobonae, typis Joannis Thomae de Trattnern, 1765.

Two volumes. Crown quarto (240 x 190mm; 265 x 210mm). Pp. (iv), 296, (8), plus 30 numbered, fold-out copperplates, with a total of ca. 600 impressions of coins. Fine, allegorical frontispiece, engraved on copper by J. Mansfeld, with the title “Thesaurus Britanicus” (strengthened), one copperplate illustration on the letterpress, one table, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials (bottom title restored); (xxvi), 398, (10), plus 51 numbered, fold-out copperplates, with a total of ca. 900 impressions of coins, including a large, pictorial plates of particular charm. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Hardcover, simply bound in quarter cloth and boards, not uniformly, blemished, spine 1st volume strengthened, volume II lacks first free endpaper, dampmarked. A very good, uncut set, with the handsome plates well preserved.

- - The complete set of the Latin edition British Thesaurus (London 1719-20). Translated by Aloysius Cristiani and Josephus Khell von Khellburg. Printed in Vienna by Johann Paul Krauss and Johann Thomas von Trattner. Nicola Francesco Haym (1678-1729). Lipsius p. 178. Cicognara 2880 (listing the Italian edition of 1719); BNP 69, col. 583; NUC 236, p. 498. Rare. Complete 2-volume sets are most uncommon.
€ 1800 --



14 HOSTUS [HOSTIUS HOSTO HOSTI], Matthaeus [Matthaei]; Adam [Adamus] Rechenberg. [Joannis Seldeni (i.e. Alessandro Sardi), Philippi Labbe, Guilielmi Budaei]. Historiae rei nummariae veteris scriptores aliquot insigniores ad lectionem sacrorum et profanorum scriptorum utiles, cum Bibliotheca nummaria, et praefatione Adami Rechenbergi. [Historica antiquitas: rei nummariae, mensurarum, ponderum, &c. in tres tomos distincta.] [Tomes I-III]. Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Peter Le Clert, 1692.

Three parts in one volume. Octavo (205 x 180mm). Pp. (xxxii), 368, (viii); (xxii), 274; 275-638 (i.e. 538), (vi). (Numerous errors in pagination. Tome I, pp. 369-372 misbound; Tome III, pp. 451-537 misnumbered 551-637; pp. 568-569, 572-573 blank.) Plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Matthaeus Hostus (chipped at corner with slight loss to background, skilfully restored on mount). Folding tables. Title-page printed in red and black, list of contents printed on verso. Woodcut device to title. Large, illustrated woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; occasionally slight browning. Hardcover, bound in handsome modern vellum, lettering to spine, sprinkled edges. A fine copy. Crisp interior exceptionally well preserved, attractive binding.

- - First part, complete in itself, of the collective work, “Tractatuum series”. This part is entirely made up of the works of Matthaeus Hostius, which are divided into three tomes, having each a separate title-page. First Tome contains 5 books (or parts); Second Tome contains 3 books; Third Tome contains 10 books. Each of the 18 books has a separate title-page. The “Tractatuum series” contains the following works: I. Matthaei Hosti: Historica antiquitas: Rei nummariae, Mensurarum, Ponderum, &c. in tres tomos distincta; II: Joannis Seldeni (i.e. Alessandro Sardi): Liber de nummis; III: Philippi Labbe: Bibliotheca nummaria; IV: Guilielmi Budaei: De asse & partibus eius libri V; Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Matthaeus Host (1509-1587). Adam Rechenberg (1642-1721). Alessandro Sardi (1520-1588). Guillaume Bude (1468-1540). Philippe Labbe (1607-1667). Lipsius p. 326. Scarce.
€ 850 --



15 [JOBERT, Louis]. La scienza delle medaglie antiche e moderne. Opera tradotta dal linguaggio Francese nell’Italiano da Selvaggio Canturani. Venezia, Lorenzo Baseggio [Laurentium Basilium], 1728.

12mo (180 x 100mm). Pp. (xiv), 454. Plus 9 (of 11) folding plates, each with about 12 engraved impressions of medals and coins (one loose, cut along fold). Plus the handsome, engraved frontispiece, by now well known for its view of two collectors in their coin cabinet, the spaciousness and luxury of which attests to the craze for medal collecting. Charming engraved illustration to title-page. Woodcut illustrated tail-pieces. Notes in neat contemporary hand to first blank prelim, a signature, old stamps (one to title-page), few first leaves bit stained at lower corner. Hardcover, handsomely bound in half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Lacks two plates, else a very good, handsome copy.

- - First Italian edition. Louis Jobert’s (1637-1719) acclaimed manual, “La science des medailles, pour l’instruction de ceux qui commencent à s’appliquer à la connoissance des medaillea antiques & modernes”, first appeared in Paris in 1692/3 (Lucas). It went through several editions, and was translated into the main European languages. Lipsius p. 202. Cf. Brunet III, 549 (listing the French editions of 1715 & 1739). Provenance: from the library of the Royal College of Physicians in London, with its handsome, elaborately engraved bookplate.
€ 320 --



16 JUNCKER, Christian. Das guldene und silberne Ehren-Gedächtniß [Gedächtniss] des theuren Gottes-Lehrers D. Martini Lutheri. In welchem dessen Leben, Tod, Familie und Reliquien, benebst den vornehmsten Geschichten der evangelischen Reformation, wie auch der evangelischen Jubel-Feyern, umständlich beschrieben, und auf eine sonderbar anmuthige Art, aus mehr als zwey hundert Medaillen oder Schau-Müntzen und Bildnissen von rarer Curiosität, mit auserlesenen Anmerkungen, erkläret werden. Schleusingen, Georg Wilhelm Göbel, for Johann Andreä Endter, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1706.

Crown octavo (200 x 140mm). Pp. (lvi), 562, (xii) verso blank. With 8 full-page, engraved plates of portraits, included in the pagination. Plus a folding genealogical chart outside the pagination.
Lacks frontispiece, which nevertheless is provided
herewith in single-sheet facsimile. With 213 impressions of medals engraved on copper. Decorative head- and tail-pieces and initials. Title-page printed in red and black, half-title present, no endpapers; neat repairs for minor worming at bottom margin (blank) of first few leaves; dampstained. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering, corner-tips bit rubbed. Good copy. Fine, strong strikes of plates.

- - First German edition. Juncker’s (1668-1714) work contains not only all the medals concerning Luther, but also those related to other reformers like Brenz, Bucer, Calvin, Melanchton, Menno Symons, Viret, Zwingli, as well as Cromwell, Erasmus, Dürer, etc. Lipsius p. 204. Jackson 1432.
€ 700 --



17 JUNCKER, Christian. Das guldene und silberne Ehren-Gedächtniß [Gedächtniss] des theuren Gottes-Lehrers D. Martini Lutheri. In welchem dessen Leben, Tod, Familie und Reliquien, benebst den vornehmsten Geschichten der evangelischen Reformation, wie auch der evangelischen Jubel-Feyern, umständlich beschrieben, und auf eine sonderbar anmuthige Art, aus mehr als zwey hundert Medaillen oder Schau-Müntzen und Bildnissen von rarer Curiosität, mit auserlesenen Anmerkungen, erkläret werden. Schleusingen, Georg Wilhelm Göbel, for Johann Andreä Endter, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1706.

Crown octavo (195 x 125mm). Pp. (lvi), 562, (xii) verso blank. Plus a double-page, finely engraved allegorical frontispiece, foxed. With 8 full-page, engraved plates of portraits, included in the pagination. Plus a folding genealogical chart outside the pagination. With 213 impressions of medals engraved on copper. Decorative head- and tail-pieces and initials. Title-page printed in red and black. Set in Gothic type. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half-calf, spine with raised bands, compartments richly stamped in blind, lettering in second compartment, corners chipped, bit rubbed. Sprinkled edges. Manuscript inscription in neat contemporary hand to first free endpaper, small old institutional stamp to title. Some foxing and browning throughout. A very good copy. Fine, strong strikes of plates.

- - First German edition. Juncker’s (1668-1714) work contains not only all the medals concerning Luther, but also those related to other reformers like Brenz, Bucer, Calvin, Melanchton, Menno Symons, Viret, Zwingli, as well as Cromwell, Erasmus, Dürer, etc. Lipsius p. 204. Jackson 1432.
€ 900 --



18 (LEHMANN, Peter Ambrosius). Der Thaler-Collection. Erste Abtheilung [Abteilung]. Enthaltend in sechs [6] Scatolen auf 36 Tabellen [108] hundert und acht Stück allerhand Species Reichs-Thaler [Reichsthaler] nebst derselben deutlichen Erklärung. Hamburg, Christian Liebezeit, 1710.

Octavo (210 x 165mm). Pp. (vi), 96. Plus 36 numbered plates (one loose, apparently added), with about 216 impressions of coins, very finely engraved on copper. Large decorative woodcut initials. Set in Gothic type, manuscript index in contemporary hand to last free endpaper. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, gilt fleuron stamped in each of the 7 compartments; bit worn, corners rubbed. Browned and occasionally stained in places, else a very good copy displaying fine strikes of plates.

- - All published. Peter Ambrosius Lehmann’s (1663-1729) work on German, French, Danish, and Dutch coins. First appeared in 1700. Holzmann & Bohatta. An. Lexicon. Bd. 4. N. 5050. Rare. Not in Lipsius. OCLC lists only 2 copies worldwide, both in Germany (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Staats und Universitätsbibliothek Gottingen). KVK adds 2 copies only (IDS Basel Bern; Union Catalogue of Swedish Libraries). No copies in German National Library, Library of Congress, British Library, nor National Library of France. Not listed in British Union Catalog nor French Union Catalog.

€ 1100 --



19 LENORMANT, François. Essai sur le classement des monnaies d’argent des Lagides. Blois, Lecesne, 1855.

Royal octavo. Pp. 195. Plus 8 engraved plates bound at end. In the original printed wrappers, spine panel worn. In a very good condition (bit dusty, foxed as usual).

€ 325 --



20 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Six original 18th Century copperplate engravings of fine quality. [PRINTS]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

A suite of 6 original single-sheet copperplate engravings of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions to each print. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strikes on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A wonderful set of prints, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper. -- Note: each print is offered also individually.
€ 360 --



21 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



22 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



23 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



24 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



25 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



26 (LOON, Gerard van). [Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld...]: Original 18th Century copperplate engraving of fine quality. [PRINT]. (Amsterdam, de Coup, 1717).

Original single-sheet copperplate engraving of a very fine quality. Multiple impressions. Measuring ca. 170 x 185 mm within a plate-mark. Strong strike on laid paper with ample margins. In a very fine condition. Excellent.

- - From: “Inleiding tot de heedendaagsche penningkunde ofte verhandeling van den oorsprong van’t geld, opkomst en onderscheid dergedenkpenningen; den aard, en rekenwyze der legpenningen; de wyze van’t cyfferen der ouden, den oorspronk der cyfferletteren, toverpenningen en noodmunten. Mitsgaders van de vaste grondregelen, die in’t ontwerpen, vergaderen, schikken en behandelen der penningen; moeten worden in acht genommen.” Written by Gerard van Loon (1683-1758); printed and published in 1717 by Pieter de Coup of Amsterdam. As common, the identity of the engraver craftsman or craftsmen, responsible for the fine prints, is not given. Rare. OCLC records six copies only of this book worldwide. Two Dutch libraries, unrecorded on OCLC, also hold each a copy. A very handsome print, a scarce survivor unlikely to be found separated from the original work, in excellent condition. Preserved in acid-free, pH-balanced Renaissance archival paper.
€ 80 --



27 MARSY, Comte de. Le Baron de Witte. Extrait de la Revue Numismatique. N.p., Revue Numismatique, 1890.

Crown octavo. Pp. 5, (3) blanks. Footnotes. Plain wrappers. In a very good condition.

- - Offprint from Revue Numismatique, 1er trimestre 1890. Jean-Joseph-Antoine-Marie, baron de Witte, born 1808 in Antwerp. Dies 1889. Was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Scarce.
€ 50 --



28 MORELLIUS HELVETUS, Andreas [André Morell; Helvetio Bernas]. Specimen universae rei nummariae antiquae, quod literatorum Reiplublicae. Parisiis, Thomam Moette, 1683.

Crown octavo (190 x 125mm). Pp. (iv), 136. Plus 18 numbered plates, some of which are compound, made up from several copperplates, with about 140 engraved impressions of coins (one impression clipped out, leaving a slice at the adjoining leaf). Beautifully copper-engraved main head-piece, being a small plate in itself. Engraved title vignette, depicting 2 faces of a coin. Woodcut illustrated initials and head-piece to main text. Tear to one leaf with no loss.
Hardcover, bound in contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands, upper joint split, gilt decorated compartments, gilt lettering, moderate wear traces but neat, presentable binding. In a very good condition. Clean interior, good strikes of plates.

- - First edition. Collated in accordance with the Dutch Royal Library copy. Printed by Thomas Moette (1659-1710), Paris. The second edition appeared in 1695 (Leipzig, Thomam Fritsch). Andreas Morel [Morell] (1646-1703). Lipsius p. 267. Goldsmith M1403. Provenance: from the private collection of J. B. Vervliet, with his numismatic bookplate.
€ 800 --



29 NORIS, Henri [Henrico Enrico]. Annus et epochae Syromacedonum in vetustis urbium Syriae nummis praesertim Mediceis expositae. Additis Fastis consularibus anonymi omnium optimis. Accesserunt nuper Dissertationes de paschali Latinorum cyclo annorum LXXXIV. Ac Ravennate annorum XCV. Florentiae [Florence], Typis Sereniss. Magni Ducis, 1691.

Three parts in one volume. Quarto (310 x 230mm). Pp. (xiv), Dissertations I-V: 472 (including 4 blank pages in dissertation IV, as issued), Addenda: 473-494, Errata: (2), Index: (16) (verso blank); Fasti consulares: lxii, (2) (blank), Diagramma: (viii), Disseratio de paschali latinorum cyclo annorum LXXXIV: 51 (verso blank); Dissertation II de cyclo paschali ravennate annorum XCV: (3), 56-134, Approbationes: (2) (verso blank). Woodcut title vignette, title page printed in red and black. With numerous copper-engraved illustrations of coins throughout. Woodcut head-pieces with de Medici family crest, woodcut initials and tail-pieces. Small chip to lower corner of one leaf, well away from text. Hardcover, bound in contemporary half smooth calf and matching paper covered boards, spine with raised bands, gilt morocco label, sprinkled edges, boards and corners chafed and rubbed. A wide margined copy, printed on handsome laid paper, with a crisp and fresh interior in exceptionally fine condition.

- - Noteworthy is Brunet’s remark about the Leipzig 1696 edition: “L’édition de Leipzig, 1696, in-4, est moins chère que celle de Florence”. OCLC 27333294 locates only 3 copies of the present edition, 2 of which are in Bibliotheque d’Art et d’Archeologie in Paris, and one in Emory University, Atlanta. The Bodleian lists another copy. Cardinal Enrico Noris (1631-1704). Lipsius p. 287. Brunet IV, p. 102.
€ 750 --



30 OISELIO, Jacobus. [Jacob Jakob Oizel Oiseli Oisel] Thesaurus selectorum numismatum antiquorum.
Quo, Praeter Imagines et Seriem Imperatorum Romanorum à C. Jul. Caesare ad Constantinum Magnum usque, Quicquid fere Monumentorum ex Romana Antiquitate in Nummis Veteribus restat, reconditum est. Cum singulorum succincta Descriptione & accurata Enarratione, Auctore Jac. Oiselio, JC. Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Henrici & Theodori Boom, 1677.

Royal octavo (240 x 195mm). Pp. (xii), 570 including a second title-page (verso blank),
(22), (4) i.e. final blanks. Page nos. 257-258 omitted from pagination; nos. 281-282 used twice. Fine allegorical frontispiece by Ger. Laresse, engraved on copper by Chr. Hagen, slightly trimmed (bit soiled). Plus 118 numbered copperplates, 114 of which depict numerous impressions of coins, the last four are pictorial, allegorical, schematic, or technical. Engraved device to title. Woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. A list of typographical errors and note to the binder.
Hardcover, handsomely bound in recent half shagreen and marbled boards, new endpapers, spine with false bands, old crimson morocco label, gilt, laid down. In overall fine condition (a chipped lower corner to leaf or two). Generally an excellent copy.

- - First edition. Collated in accordance with the British Library copy. Jacob Oisel (1631-1686). Provenance: Felix Béthune (1857-1901), with the heraldic bookplate bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Béthune family. It incorporates a shield with 3 stars, a knight’s helmet, and a Baron’s crown decorated with 7 pearls. Held by two lions, the shield is surrounded by a circular motto “nec auro, nec armis” (“not with gold, not by weapons”). Felix Béthune was a member of the National Congress of Belgium, Mayor of the city of Courtrai (Kortrijk), and a Senator. In 1845 he received a knighthood from King Leopold, and in 1855 he became a Baron. In 1866 Pope Pius IX granted him the honorary title of a Roman Catholic Count. Rare.
€ 2200 --



31 (SCHACHMANN, Carl [Karl] Adolph Gottlob von). Catalogue raisonné d’une collection de médailles. [AUTOGRAPH COPY]. (Leipzig, Breitkopf, 1774).

Crown quarto (270 x 215mm). Pp. viii, 162, (2) Corrections (verso blank). Large engraved illustration to title-page; large engraved head-and tail-pieces. Fine copperplate impressions of medals on the letterpress throughout. Half-title present. Hardcover, handsomely bound in contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands between 7 compartments, richly gilt, crimson morocco label gilt, gilt edges to boards moderately rubbed, marbled endpapers, all edges red, green ribbon marker. Excellent copy, bright interior in fine condition, beautifully preserved.

- - Provenance: Autograph Copy, Signed. With a hand-written dedication by the author to “Monsieur le Landes Hauptmann De Schoenberg”. First and probably only edition. Published, without imprint, by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf of Leipzig, who was also the printer. Carl Adolph Gottlob von Schachmann (1725-1789). Rare. OCLC 57294217 locates Cambridge and Glasgow only; KVK adds British Library and Oxford; Union Catalog Northern Germany; and National Library of France. Not in Brunet nor Graesse.
€ 1400 --



32 SÉGUIN, Pierre [Petri Seguini, Petrus Seguinus]. Selecta numismata antiqua ex Museo Petri Seguini, S. Germani Altissiodorensis Paris. Decani. Eiusdem observationibus illustrata. [BOUND WITH:] Agathodaemon. Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris], Sebastianum Mabre-Cramoisy, 1666-70.

Two works in one volume. Crown quarto (240 x 180mm). Pp. (vi), 226, (vi). With 85 impressions of Greek, Greek-Roman & Roman coins, beautifully engraved on copper and printed on the letterpress. Large, decorative woodcut device to title, allegorical head-pieces, illustrated initials, shoulder notes; [BOUND WITH:] (vi). Large, charming engraved illustration to title-page, and very large, copper engraved head-piece and initial. Shoulder notes. Hardcover, bound in half black morocco and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettering; binding rubbed, chafed. A very good copy with fine interior (occasionally a spot, some browning, finger soiling). Very well preserved, excellent strikes of the copperplates.

- - Rare. Lipsius p. 367-368. Cicognara 2999: “Edizione accuratamente eseguita ove le medaglie sono finamente intagliate.” No copy in British Library (listing the editions of 1665 and 1684 only). No record found on Library of Congress. COPAC locates one copy (Oxford). Contemporary signature, very light, at foot of title-page.
€ 1100 --



33 SPANHEMII, Ezechielis [Ezechiel Spanheim]. Dissertatio de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum. Romae, Blasium Deuersin & Felicem Cesarettum; Typis Fabij de Falcho
[Rome, Fabio (Fabius) de Falchi for Biagio Deversin & Felice Cesaretti], 1664.

Octavo (225 x 160mm). Pp. (vi), 315, (viii) verso blank, (iv) addenda, errata. Title printed in red and black, with handsome woodcut device, contemporary ownership inscription. Large, decorative head- and tail-pieces and initials. Shoulder notes. Hardcover, bound in contemporary full speckled calf, spine in compartments between raised band, gilt lettering and decoration, corners and spine worn, few leaves dampmarked at margin, others bit age browned. A very good copy, well preserved, clean interior.

- - First edition. Ezechiel Freiherr von Spanheim’s (1629-1710) famous dissertation is considered pathbreaking. It went through several editions; in 1671 a second edition was published in Amsterdam by Elsevier, and a third edition, in 2 volumes, one posthumous, was published in London by R. Smith in 1706 and 1717 respectively. Spanheim was a giant of 17th-century erudition. He was a contemporary of Leibniz and Locke, and mentioned by contemporaries in the same breath. His last biography “Ein Diplomat und Gelehrter: Ezechiel Spanheim, 1629-1710, mit Anhang: Aus dem Briefwechsel zwischen Spanheim und Leibniz”, by Victor Loewe, was published in 1924, in Berlin. Lipsius p. 376. Cicognara 3008, listing the second edition of 1706: “Opera classica nel suo genere per le profonde dottrine dell’ autore.” See also: Peter Burke: “Images as Evidence in Seventeenth-Century Europe,” Journal of the History of Ideas, Volume 64, Number 2 (The Johns Hopkins University Press); and: Brian W. Ogilvie: “Collection, Conviction, and Contemplation; or, Picturing Coins in Early Modern Books, ca. 1550-1700,” (University of Massachusetts Amherst). Scarce. KVK locates copies in the National Libraries of France and Austria, and in Union Catalog Northern Germany only. COPAC adds copies in Cambridge and Oxford only. Not in British Library nor German National Library.
€ 1400 --



34 SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS. C. SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS EX RECENSIONE JOANNIS [IOHANNIS] GEORGII GRAEVII [JOANNES GEORGIUS GRAEVIUS], cum ejusdem animadversionibus, ut et commentario integro Laevini Torrentii, et Isaaci Casauboni. His accedunt notae Theodori Marcilii et Francisci Guyeti, nec non index Matthiae Bernecceri [Opera]. Gisberti a Zyll (Ex officina Zyliana) [Utrecht, G. van Zyll], 1672.

Thick crown quarto (240 x 185mm). Pp. (xxii), 826, (ii) blank, 112, (126) index. A very fine, engraved allegorical frontispiece, titled at bottom. With 66 text illustrations of coins. Large pictorial woodcut devise to title-page, decorative initials and tail-pieces. Set in double columns. Hardcover, handsomely bound in contemporary vellum, spine with raised bands, manuscript title in contemporary hand in second compartment, sides blind-ruled (corner-tips bit exposed), central large ornament blind-stamped on each side. Overall a fine copy.

- - First edition, this copy is collated in accordance with the University of London copy. Includes “C. Suetonii Tranquilli libri duo, De illustribus grammaticis, et de claris rhetoribus; cum annotationibus doctissimorum virorum”; and “C. Suetonii Tranquilli Liber VIII, sive, Tres imperatores Caesares Vespasiani, interpretati, & emendati à Theodoro Marcilio ...” each with a separate section title. Suetonius (ca. 69-ca. 122). Provenance: from the private collection of W. H. van der Voort, with his name in letterpress on first free endpaper. Lipsius p. 385; Dibdin II, p. 441. Scarce.
€ 850 --



35 VAILLANT, Joannem [Jean]. Numismata imperatorum Augustarum et Caesarum, à Populis Romanae ditionis
Graece loquentibus ex omni modulo percussa: Quibus Urbium Nomina, Dignitates, Praerogativae, Societates, Epochae, Numina, Illustres, Magistratus, Festa, Ludi, Certamina, et alia plurima ad eas spectantia consignantur. Paris, Andreae Cramoisy, 1698.

Crown quarto (250 x 195mm). Pp. (xiv), 486, (4). Woodcut device to title, decorative initials, and tail-pieces. Hardcover, handsomely bound in recent quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, blind-stamped fleuron in each compartment, gilt title label in second, new endpapers. A fine copy.

- - First edition. Lipsius p. 409. Not in Goldsmith. Brunet V, p. 1027: “Ouvrage très-estimé, ainsi que presque tous ceux du même auteur.” Cf. Cicognara 3032-3034, listing later editions. Standard work of the 17th century on Greek-Roman coins of the emperors from Pompaeus the Great until Claudius II.
€ 600 --



36 VAILLANT, Joannem [Jean]. Numismata imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum et Tyrannos. I. Tomus Primus: De Romanis aeris; II. Tomus secundus: De averis et argenteis. [TWO VOLUMES IN ONE]. Paris, Thomam Moette, 1682.

Two volumes bound in one. Crown quarto (260 x 195mm). Pp. (x), 183, (13). With 86 engravings of sesterii; (ii) (verso blank), 180, (14). With 88 engravings of aureii & denarii. Woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials. Some marginal and interlinear annotations in neat old hand. Hardcover, contemporary full calf, new spine rather unprofessionally made, first inner hinge strengthened, no endpapers. Fine, crisp interior.

- - Lipsius p. 409. Not in Goldsmith. Brunet V, p. 1027: “Ouvrage très-estimé, ainsi que presque tous ceux du même auteur”. Cf. Cicognara 3032-3034, listing later editions. Provenance: Felix Béthune (1857-1901), with the heraldic bookplate bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Béthune family. It incorporates a shield with 3 stars, a knight’s helmet, and a Baron’s crown decorated with 7 pearls. Held by two lions, the shield is surrounded by a circular motto “nec auro, nec armis” (“not with gold, not by weapons”). Felix Béthune was a member of the National Congress of Belgium, Mayor of the city of Courtrai (Kortrijk), and a Senator. In 1845 he received a knighthood from King Leopold, and in 1855 he became a Baron. In 1866 Pope Pius IX granted him the honorary title of a Roman Catholic Count. Shelf label and neat contemporary annotation to first paste-down.
€ 1100 --



37 VAILLANT, Joannem [Jean]. Numismata imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum usque. Tomus primus. Editio prima Romana. Romae, Caroli Barbiellini & Venantii Monaldini, 1743.

Quarto (300 x 240mm). Pp. xl, 347. Title page printed in red and black. Engraved illustration to title, beautiful allegorical head- and tail-pieces by J. B. Sintes, and illustrated initials. With engraved illustrations of coins throughout. Printed on thick laid paper, waterstained, mostly in upper outer corner and last leaves (index). Hardcover, bound in handsome full modern vellum, new endpapers, lettering to spine. A wide-margined copy, untrimmed. In a very good condition.

- - Volume I of 3. Lipsius p. 409. Brunet V, p. 1027: “Ouvrage très-estimé, ainsi que presque tous ceux du même auteur”. Cf. Cicognara 3032-3034. A useful catalogue of Roman coins dealing with aes, antoniniani & follis from Postumus to Constantinus I.
€ 450 --



38 VAILLANT, Joannem [Jean]. Numismata imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum usque. Tomus primus, Tomus tertius. Editio prima Romana. [TWO VOLUMES]. Romae, Caroli Barbiellini & Venantii Monaldini, 1743.

Two volumes. Quarto (300 x 240mm). Pp. xl, 347; viii, 372. Title pages printed in red and black. Engraved illustration to each title, beautiful allegorical head- and tail-pieces by J. B. Sintes, and illustrated initials. With engraved illustrations of coins throughout. Printed on thick laid paper, Volume I waterstained, mostly in upper outer corner and last leaves (index). Hardcover, uniformly bound in handsome full modern vellum, new endpapers, lettering to spine. A wide-margined copies, untrimmed. In a very good condition.

- - Volume I & III of 3. Lipsius p. 409. Brunet V, p. 1027: “Ouvrage très-estimé, ainsi que presque tous ceux du même auteur”. Cf. Cicognara 3032-3034. A useful catalogue of Roman coins dealing with aes, antoniniani & follis from Postumus to Constantinus I.
€ 800 --



39 VAILLANT, Joannem [Jean]. Numismata imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora. Tomus tertius. Editio prima Romana. Romae, Caroli Barbiellini & Venantii Monaldini, 1743.

Quarto (300 x 240mm). Pp. viii, 372. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated by J. B. Sintes. Engraved illustration to title, beautiful allegorical head- and tail-pieces, illustrated initials. With engraved illustrations of coins throughout, particularly large and handsome. Printed on thick laid paper. Hardcover, bound in handsome full modern vellum, new endpapers, lettering to spine. A wide-margined copy, untrimmed. In fine condition.

- - Volume II of 3. Lipsius p. 409. Brunet V, p. 1027: “Ouvrage très-estimé, ainsi que presque tous ceux du même auteur”. Cf. Cicognara 3032-3034. A useful catalogue of Roman coins dealing with aes, antoniniani & follis from Postumus to Constantinus I.
€ 450 --



40 WITTE, Alphonse [Félix François Charles] de. Histoire monétaire des Comtes de Louvain, Ducs de Brabant et Marquis du Saint Empire Romain. [Histoire monétaire du Brabant]. Volumes I-III. [THREE VOLUMES]. Anvers, Veuve De Backer, 1894-99.

Three volumes, complete with all 86 full-page engraved plates. Quarto. Pp. 212, (4), plus 25 plates numbered “A” and I-XXIV; 347, (1), plus 32 plates numbered XXV-LVI; 416, (4), plus 28 plates numbered LVII-LXXXV. Vignette illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover, large paper copies bound in half cloth and marbled paper over boards, a little edgeworn, paper label (chipped) to each spine, short nicks to blank margin of few leaves in one volume. In a very good, clean and well preserved condition. Overall an excellent set.

- - First edition. Annales de l’Académie d’archéologie de Belgique. A newspaper clip, tipped-in onto verso of first prelim of first volume, announces the appearance of this first part of the work. The short article specifies the contents of this volume and pays extra attention to the plates. They depicts 1018 Obverse and Reverse of the described coins, and were engraved in the atelier of G. Lavaletten. Their preparation, it says, cost the author “a couple of thousands of Francs”. The volume could be purchased, directly at the author’s residence in Bruxelles, for the amount of 20 Francs. OCLC lists 10 sets worldwide, most of which, however, are incomplete. KVK adds National Library of the Netherlands; Union Catalogs of Norway, Italy, Northern Germany, and Swedish Libraries; National Library of France; Austrian National Library; Library Network of Western Switzerland. There is one set in Bodleian, one set in the British Library. Elsewhere, the set is extreemly scarce.
€ 960 --

 

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