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The Final Edition of Goorle, ex Bassoli Library

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The Final Edition of Goorle, ex Bassoli Library
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Gorlæus, Abraham. THESAURUM NUMISMATUM ROMANORUM AUREORUM ARGENTEORUM AEREORUM AD FAMILIAS EIUS URBIS SPECTANTIUM USQUE AD OBITUM AUGUSTI ACCESSERE EIUSDEM PARALIPOMENA SEU TYPI NUMORUM ROMANORUM QUOS A FULVIO URSINO PARTIM NON EDITOS OMNINO PARTIM NON ITA EDITOS IDEM POSSIDET. Folio [30 by 21 cm], modern limp vellum; reddish-orange spine label, gilt. Title: “Cum Privilegiis, 1605”; Summa Privilegii leaf: “Lutetiæ Parisiorum xviii Decembris Anno 1604”; Dedication leaf: “Dat. Delfi in Batavis. Kal. Martii. Anno MDCIX.” (6) pages, blank leaf, 96, (4) pages; 45 engraved plates of coins. Bottom margin of title restored, with virtually no loss; ink check marks; intermittent browning and marginal staining. Very good. The final edition. Abraham van Goorle (1549-1609) was a collector of antique signet rings and ancient coins. Babelon 82: “Goorle’s reputation as a scientist rested on both his publications on rings and gemstones and ... on numismatics.... Goorle had a collection of more than 4,000 gold coins, 10,000 of silver, and 15,000 bronze. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]