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The First Editions of Sestini I-III

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The First Editions of Sestini I-III
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(Sestini, Domenico). LETTERE E DISSERTAZIONI NUMISMATICHE SOPRA ALCUNE MEDAGLIE RARE DELLA COLLEZIONE AINSLIEANA. TOMI PRIMO-TERZO. Livorno: Tommaso Masi & Comp., 1789 [third volume erroneously dated 1779]. Three volumes, bound in one. 4to, later blue cloth, gilt. ix, (1), 161, (1); (183), (1) [a number of pages mis-numbered]; (2), 190 pages; 5 + 1 + 3 engraved folding plates of ancient coins; 1 engraved plate of alphabets. Front flyleaf missing; very good or better. The first edition of these volumes of Lettere e dissertazione numismatiche, rarely offered. Ex ANS Library (deaccessioned). Babelon 133. Bassoli 44: “Domenico Sestini of Florence (1750-1832), a numismatist and naturalist, traveled extensively throughout his life to satisfy his two interests. Sestini was the Vaillant of the nineteenth century; he lacked Eckhel’s erudition and, more importantly, the learned Jesuit’s acute critical sense. Despite this, he left many valuable accounts of collections that he had visited; these have been of great service to numismatics, and are still consulted today ... all are written with at least some critical insight.” Lipsius 369.