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Patin’s 1663 Revision of Fulvio Ursini

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Patin’s 1663 Revision of Fulvio Ursini
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Patin, Charles. FAMILIÆ ROMANÆ IN ANTIQUIS NUMISMATIBUS, AB URBE CONDITA, AD TEMPORA DIVI AUGUSTI. EX BIBLIOTHECA FULVII URSINI, CUM ADJUNCTIS ANTONII AUGUSTINI, EPISC. ILERDENSIS. CAROLUS PATIN, DOCTOR MEDICUS PARISIENSIS, RESTITIVIT, RECOGNOVIT, AUXIT. Parisiis: Apud Joannem du Bray... Petrum Variquet... Et Robertum de Ninville..., 1663. Folio [40 by 27 cm], modern red cloth, gilt. Finely engraved frontispiece by F. Chauveau; (36), 315, (1), 313-429, (3) pages; title printed in red and black with an engraved vignette; engraved headpieces, tailpieces and initials; finely engraved oval portraits of Louis XIV [by Mignard and Van Schuppen] and the author [by Le Febure]; numerous grouped coin engravings in the text. Frontispiece verso repaired; minor additional repairs throughout. Very good. The last and best edition of Charles Patin’s first major numismatic work, written when he was only thirty years old. It is a new and revised edition of the work by Orsini, originally published in 1579. Banduri 90. Dekesel P35 Issue I. Hirsch 101. Labbé (1675), 5 and 85. Ex RBW Library.