Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Hubert Goltzius, Fasti Magistratuum et Triumphorum Romanorum ab Urbe Condita ad Augusti Obitum ex Antiquis Tam Numismatum Quam Marmorum Monumentis (Jacob Biaeus Antwerp, 1617). 34cm x 23.5cm x 4.5cm.
Full leather bound with embossed gold lettering. Very good condition.
Ex Numismatica Leiloes, Auction II, 5 March 2013, lot 1041.
Christian Dekesel writing in Hubert Goltzius: The Father of Ancient Numismatics (1988) notes that Golzius "was granted an official Roman citizenship on May 7th 1567" for this work. He had published his first book at the age of 21 before travelling through Germany, France and Italy to increase his knowledge of antiquities by examining collections. Following this he established a printing press in his home, supervising the prints which accompanied his works and often engraving the plates himself. Dekesel comments that "The influence of Hubertus Goltzius upon numismatics is mostly underestimated. One forgets very easily that he was the first author who wrote and published a comprehensive view upon the coinage of the Ancients and that he was also the first to do that on the basis of a real contact with some of the great coin cabinets of the civilized Renaissance world."
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be shipped separately to any coins won by the same bidder, and will incur an extra shipping fee to be determined dependent on the purchaser's location.
Full leather bound with embossed gold lettering. Very good condition.
Ex Numismatica Leiloes, Auction II, 5 March 2013, lot 1041.
Christian Dekesel writing in Hubert Goltzius: The Father of Ancient Numismatics (1988) notes that Golzius "was granted an official Roman citizenship on May 7th 1567" for this work. He had published his first book at the age of 21 before travelling through Germany, France and Italy to increase his knowledge of antiquities by examining collections. Following this he established a printing press in his home, supervising the prints which accompanied his works and often engraving the plates himself. Dekesel comments that "The influence of Hubertus Goltzius upon numismatics is mostly underestimated. One forgets very easily that he was the first author who wrote and published a comprehensive view upon the coinage of the Ancients and that he was also the first to do that on the basis of a real contact with some of the great coin cabinets of the civilized Renaissance world."
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be shipped separately to any coins won by the same bidder, and will incur an extra shipping fee to be determined dependent on the purchaser's location.