Description
Le Pois, Antoine (1525-1578)
Discours sur les Medallees et Graveures Antiques, principalement Romaines.
Paris: Mamert Patisson, 1579
18 (of 20) numismatic plates, woodcut text illustrations (lacking the depiction of Priapus)
old calf ruled in gilt;
lacking the frontispiece, 2 numismatic plates & the Priapus plate (supplied in facsimile)
FIRST EDITION of a work on the coins and medals of classical antiquity.
Fairfax Murray 667; Mortimer 350; Schreiber 254.
Size 6 by 8 1/3"
Text in French
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Reserve: $945.00
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1579 NUMISMATICS Discours sur les Medallees et Graveures antique ILLUSTRATED
Estimate $1,100-$1,500
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