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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.
by Oiselio, Jacobus. [Jacob Jakob Oizel Oiseli Oisel]
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Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Henrici & Theodori Boom, 1677. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto (240 x 195 mm). Pp. (xii), 570 including a second title-page (verso blank), (22), (4) i.e. final blanks. Errors in the pagination i.e. page nos. 257-258 omitted from pagination; nos. 281-282 used twice. Fine allegorical frontispiece by Ger. Laresse, engraved on copper by Chr. Hagen. 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 raised bands, old crimson morocco label in gilt laid down, a chipped lower blank corner to a leaf or two. Overall in fine condition. An excellent copy, superb strikes of the plates. ~ FIRST EDITION. Collated in accordance with the British Library copy. Jacob Oisel (1631-1686). ~ Provenance: Felix Béthune (1857-1901), with his 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. F-2
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- 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.
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- Oiselio, Jacobus. [Jacob Jakob Oizel Oiseli Oisel]
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- 1st Edition
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- Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Henrici & Theodori Boom
- Date Published
- 1677
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- NUMISMATICS COIN COINS MINT MONEY CURRENCY TOKEN PIECE PENNING PENNINGKUNDE NUMISMATIEK MUNT MUNTEN MONNAYER MÜNZEN PRÄGEN ACUNAR BATTERE MEDAL MÉDAILLE MEDAILLEN GELDWESEN ROMAN EMPIRE NOISBN
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