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LUCKE, Johann Jacob

Sylloge numismatum elegantiorum

Strasbourg
Repp
1620

€160 - €240

Folio, [6 (of 8)], 383, [2] pp, Engraved title-page, engraved armorial on a2, woodcut initials and headpieces, numerous engraved illustrations of coins throughout. Lacking 1 leaf in the introduction: 'Lectori Benevolo'. With some 3 extra leaves outside pagination. Browned throughout, due to the quality of the paper, worse on title-page and first lvs. Old calf binding, worn

First edition of this numismatic treatise which surveys the history of sixteenth-century Europe through coinage, and largely draws on the collection of its author, Johann Jacob Lucke (1574-1653), numismatist and genealogist, illustrated by Friedrich Brentel (1580-1651). Ref. Cicognara 2910 ; VD17 3:653580D

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