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The First Volume of the 1708 Antwerp Edition of Goltzius

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The First Volume of the 1708 Antwerp Edition of Goltzius
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Goltz, Hubert. HUBERTI GOLTZII DE RE NUMMARIA ANTIQUA, OPERA QUAE EXTANT UNIVERSA... Antwerp: Hendrik Verdussen and Corneel Verdussen, 1708. First volume only [of five]. Folio [36.5 by 24.5 cm], contemporary full brown calf; boards paneled with double gilt fillets, with interior panel surrounding gilt central device, four gilt lozenges in the corners; spine with six raised bands, richly decorated in gilt; two spine labels, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; mottled page edges. x, (2), (6), 288, (48), (4) pages, 314 columns, (1) page; illustrated throughout; finely engraved frontispiece signed by Rubens; title printed in red and black; finely engraved title; woodcut initials and tailpieces. Binding worn, especially at spine, with some cracking, though still sound and unbowed. Both printed title pages are missing their lower half, which has for reasons unknown been neatly removed. Well-preserved, overall. Very good. A noted Dutch scholar and engraver, Hubert Goltz was a major influence in the early evolution of numismatics. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]