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Attractive Set on the Aes Grave of the Kircher Collection

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Attractive Set on the Aes Grave of the Kircher Collection
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(Marchi, Giuseppe, and Pietro Tessieri). L’AES GRAVE DEL MUSEO KIRCHERIANO OVVERO LE MONETE PRIMITIVE DE’POPOLI DELL’ITALIA MEDIA. ORDINATE E DESCRITTE AGGIUNTOVI UN RAGIONAMENTO PER TENTARNE L’ILLUSTRAZIONE / L’AES GRAVE COIE’ LE MONETE ITALICHE PRIMITIVE DEL MUSEO KIRCHERIANO DISEGNATE IN PIETRA SOTTO LE DIREZIONE DI P.T. DE GIROLAMO APOLLONI PITTORE ROMANO NEGLI ANNA MDCCCXXXVII E MDCCCXXXVIII. Roma: Tipografia e Fonderia di Crispino Puccinello, 1837-39. Two volumes. Quarto text volume: vii, (1), 120 pages. Oblong folio [47 by 32 cm] plate atlas: engraved title / plate key, engraved map, 39 attractive plates of aes grave engraved by Appolloni. Original matching vellum-backed marbled boards; ruled in gilt; red lettering piece, gilt. Spine of plate atlas worn; contents near fine. Text volume bright and fine. An early work on aes grave, comprising a detailed catalogue of the Kircher collection in Rome, written by the Jesuit Fathers Marchi and Tessieri. Very scarce; seldom offered as a set. Leitzmann 85. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]