Historiae Rei NUMMARIAE Veteris Scriptores Aliquot Insigniores ad Lectionem Sacrorum et Profanorum Scriptorum Utiles, cum Bibliotheca Nummaria, et Praefatione Adami Rechenbergi In Acad. Lips. P.P.
Amstelodami, [Amsterdam]: Peter Le Clert, 1692. Early edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good condition. Item #019576
Book I: [xxxiv], 372 pages of text, [viii] pages of index. Book II: [xxiv], 274 pages. Book III; 275-[638] pages followed by [vi] pages of index. In book III, pages 451-537 are mis-numbered 551-637. Original full vellum binding with minor shelfwear, moderate soiling, hand-lettered spine and a small paper label. Gilt heraldic device stamped on the front cover. Measures 196mm x 157mm. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author, and complete with two 2-page tables and a large fold-out table. Title printed in red and black. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the inside of the front cover over a remnant of another bookplate: Bruno Kisch Pragensis. Previous owner's markings on the front endpaper and stamped on the back of the title page. There is a small amount of minor damp-staining and rippling to the bottom corner of the final half of the text. The final two endpapers have a small crease. Numismatics. Early printing.
Price: $1,750.00