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Riccio’s Rare Work on Luceria

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Riccio’s Rare Work on Luceria
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Riccio, Gennaro. LE MONETE ATTRIBUITE ALLA ZECCA DELL’ ANTICA CITTÀ DI LUCERIA CAPITALE DELLA DAUNIA CON UN CENNO DELLA REMOTA SUA ORIGINE E GRANDEZZA... Napoli: Dalla Tipografia Virgilio, 1846. Folio [32.5 by 22.5 cm], contemporary cloth and mottled boards, gilt; original printed blue wraps bound in. (4), 27, (1) pages; 5 finely engraved plates of coins. Pages and plates with light stain in upper right corner; very good or so. Rare: perhaps the second copy we have offered. Based on a presentation given by Riccio at the seventh Congresso Scientifico Italiano in Napoli. Features charming engravings by Andrea Russo. Leitzmann 116 (citing 1847). Ex 1984 Kolbe/Spink Third Joint Sale (lot 566).