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The Third Edition of Gronovius on Sestertii

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The Third Edition of Gronovius on Sestertii
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Gronovius, Joh. Fredericus. DE SESTERTIIS SEU SUBSECIVORUM PECUNIAE VETERIS GRAECÆ & ROMANÆ LIBRI IV... Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Ex Officina Joannis du Vivié, 1691. 4to [22.5 by 18 cm], contemporary full vellum; hand-lettered spine “Gronovius / De / Pecunia Vetere”; all page edges red. Finely engraved frontispiece; (30), 766, (26) pages; woodcut device on title; woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Minor closed tears to opening leaves; moderate wear to binding. Very good to near fine. The most substantial edition of this scholarly treatise on ancient money, first published in 1643, enhanced by the delightful frontispiece showing a group of twenty-five men gathered around a table inspecting coins, with an opened coin cabinet and a library of books in the background. Babelon 90. Dekesel G165. Hirsch 53. Lipsius 161. Ex RBW Library.