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1695 Latin Translation of Jobert

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1695 Latin Translation of Jobert
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(Jobert, Louis). NOTITIA REI NUMMARIAE, AD ERUDIENDOS EOS, QUI NUMMORUM VETERUM & MODERNORUM INTELLIGENTIAM STUDERE INCIPIUNT. Lipsiæ: Apud J. Thomam Fritsch, 1695. Small octavo [16 by 10 cm], contemporary overlapping vellum over stiff boards; red speckled page edges. Finely engraved allegorical frontispiece; title printed in red and black with a woodcut vignette; (6), 278, (18) pages. Minimal browning. A crisp, fine copy. Finely engraved armorial ex libris Grafen von Nostitz. A rare early Latin translation by Christian Junker, in excellent condition, of Jobert’s classic Science des médailles, one of the first general guides to coin collecting. Dekesel J10. Hirsch 66. Lipsius 202 and 287. Van Damme (1807) 378.