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The 1691 Edition of Gronovius on Sestertii

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The 1691 Edition of Gronovius on Sestertii
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Gronovius, Joh. Fredericus. DE SESTERTIIS SEU SUBSECIVORUM PECUNIAE VETERIS GRAECAE & ROMANAE LIBRI IV... Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Ex Officina Joannis du Vivié, 1691. 4to [21.5 by 17.5 cm], recent ochre half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges red. (30), 766, (26) pages; woodcut device on title; woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Lacking frontispiece. Near fine. The most substantial edition of this scholarly treatise on ancient money, first published in 1643. Babelon 90. Dekesel G165. Hirsch 53. Lipsius 161.