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A Rare Work on Ancient Coin Weights

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A Rare Work on Ancient Coin Weights
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Garrucci, Raffaele. I PIOMBI ANTICHI RACCOLTI DALL'EMINENTISSIMO PRINCIPE IL CARDINALE LODOVICO ALTIERI ORDINATI E DESCRITTI. Roma: nella Tipografia di Clemente Puccinelli, 1847. Tall 4to, later black cloth, gilt; original printed wraps bound in. (8), 95, (1) pages; 5 lithographic plates depicting ancient weights. Plates lightly stained; wear to rear board. Very good. A very rare work on ancient weights, with the plates depicting over 60 coin weights in addition to other types. Lodovico Altieri (1805-67) was a Roman Catholic Cardinal who died while serving the sick during a cholera epidemic. He has been declared a Servant of God and is being considered for sainthood. Ex the third joint Kolbe/Spink sale (1984), lot 328, and possibly the last copy we have offered.