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The Roman Volume of the Coins of the Electors of Brandenburg

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The Roman Volume of the Coins of the Electors of Brandenburg
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Beger, Laurenz. THESAURI ELECTORALIS BRANDENBURGICI CONTINUATIO: SIVE NUMISMATUM ROMANORUM, QUÆ IN CIMELIARCHIO ELECTORALI BRANDENBURGICO ASSERVANTUR, TAM CONSULARIUM QUAM IMPERATORIORUM, SERIES SELECTA, AERE EXPRESSA, ET COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATA... Coloniæ Marchicæ: Impensis Electoralibus Impressit Ulricus Liebpertus, Electoralis Typographus, (1701). Folio [36.5 by 25 cm], contemporary full brown calf; sides paneled in gilt; spine with six raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges mottled red. (14), (525)-870, (30) pages; errata leaf; finely engraved allegorical frontispiece; finely engraved title vignette; finely engraved dedication leaf vignette; finely engraved headpieces, tailpieces, initials and vignettes; numerous engravings in the text depicting ancient Roman coins. Binding worn, especially at spine, but sound. Very good. The second volume of a comprehensive catalogue of the ancient coins in the extensive Electoral cabinet. The first volume (mostly covering Greek coins) was published five years earlier. Banduri 173. Brückmann 10. Brunet 29307. Dekesel B70 (in the 17th-century volumes). Hirsch 10. Lipsius 31-32. Ex RBW Library.