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The 1795 Dresden Translation by Lipsius of Pinkerton

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The 1795 Dresden Translation by Lipsius of Pinkerton
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Pinkerton, John. ABHANDLUNG VON DER SELTENHEIT, DEN VERSCHIEDENEN GR…SSEN, UND DER NACHAHMUNG ALTER MÜNZEN. ... Dresden: In der Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung, 1795. Small 4to [19.5 by 16.5 cm], contemporary pasteboard covers; leather spine label. 99, (3) pages; fine title engraving of Syracusan decadrachm; 5 engravings of ancient coins in the text. Occasional marks. Near fine. A rarely seen German translation by Lipsius of the second edition of Pinkerton's classic Essay on Medals. A Latin translation by Lipsius was also published the same year. Lipsius 314-315.