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An Original Copy of de Wilde’s 1692 Selecta Numismata Antiqua

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An Original Copy of de Wilde’s 1692 Selecta Numismata Antiqua
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Wilde, Jacobi de. SELECTA NUMISMATA ANTIQUA; EX MUSEO JACOBI DE WILDE. Amstelodami: Sumptibus Authoris, 1692. First edition. 4to [24.5 by 18.5 cm], contemporary full brown calf, sides paneled in blind and elegantly decorated in blind with an interior panel with lozenges in all four corners and additional decorations in the interior corners; plain spine with four raised bands, decorated in blind; all page edges speckled red. (6), 212, (20) pages; finely engraved vignette on printed title, by Adrian Schoonebeck; splendid engraved folding map of Greece by Schoonebeck; 2 (of 4) finely engraved plates of de Wilde’s ingenious Nummophylacium (coin cabinet); 25 engraved plates of coins; finely engraved tailpiece incorporating a coin size chart; a few woodcut decorations. Lacking engraved allegorical frontispiece title and 2 plates depicting the Nummophylacium. Near fine. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]