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1618 Edition of Goltzius's Thesaurus Rei Antiquariae
Goltzius, Hubertus. THESAURUS REI ANTIQUARIÆ HUBERRIMUS EX ANTIQUIS TAM NUMISMATUM QUAM MARMORUM INSCRIPTIONIBUS PARI DILIGENTIA QUA FIDE CONQUISITUS AC DESCRIPTUS, & IN LOCOS COMMUNES DISTRIBUTUS, PER HUBERTUM GOLTZIUM HERBIPOLITAM VENLONIANUM CIVEM ROMANUM. Antverpiæ: Apud Gulielmum à Tongris, 1618. Small folio [28 by 20 cm], modern cream cloth and boards, lettered in black. Title with woodcut printer's device; 84 leaves irregularly numbered as: (8) pages + 314 columns + 1 page; woodcut initials. Text uniformly browned. Binding worn; very good. The separately printed 1618 edition of the second part of the earliest substantial work to organize the documentation for the early fasti of Rome, using coins and monuments as the source material. Christian Dekesel (Hubert Goltzius: The Father of Ancient Numismatics, 1988) notes that Goltzius "was granted an official Roman citizenship on May 7th 1567" for this work on Roman feasts. Hubert Goltz (1526–1583) published his first book, Icones imperatorum, in 1557 at the age of 21. He subsequently traveled through Germany, France and Italy, examining collections of antiquities to advance his research. Upon his return to Bruges in 1560, he sought to publish the great wealth of material he had accumulated. Accordingly, he set up a printing press in his home and supervised the execution of the numerous prints that were to accompany his works, often engraving the plates himself. Dekesel writes 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." Ferdinando Bassoli notes that "the writers and illustrators of the following two centuries would not have been able to do without him" (Antiquarian Books on Coins and Medals, 16), and Ernest Babelon agreed, saying that "Hubert Goltz contributed more than any of his contemporaries to the spread of interest in numismatics. His work on the classification and attribution of coins was vital in laying the foundation for a sound critical analysis" (Ancient Numismatics and Its History, 75). Banduri (1718) 12 & 27. Brückmann 49. Dekesel G88. Hirsch (1760) 49. Labbé (1675) 12. Lipsius 152. Struve 83 (1644 edition).
Goltzius, Hubertus. THESAURUS REI ANTIQUARIÆ HUBERRIMUS EX ANTIQUIS TAM NUMISMATUM QUAM MARMORUM INSCRIPTIONIBUS PARI DILIGENTIA QUA FIDE CONQUISITUS AC DESCRIPTUS, & IN LOCOS COMMUNES DISTRIBUTUS, PER HUBERTUM GOLTZIUM HERBIPOLITAM VENLONIANUM CIVEM ROMANUM. Antverpiæ: Apud Gulielmum à Tongris, 1618. Small folio [28 by 20 cm], modern cream cloth and boards, lettered in black. Title with woodcut printer's device; 84 leaves irregularly numbered as: (8) pages + 314 columns + 1 page; woodcut initials. Text uniformly browned. Binding worn; very good. The separately printed 1618 edition of the second part of the earliest substantial work to organize the documentation for the early fasti of Rome, using coins and monuments as the source material. Christian Dekesel (Hubert Goltzius: The Father of Ancient Numismatics, 1988) notes that Goltzius "was granted an official Roman citizenship on May 7th 1567" for this work on Roman feasts. Hubert Goltz (1526–1583) published his first book, Icones imperatorum, in 1557 at the age of 21. He subsequently traveled through Germany, France and Italy, examining collections of antiquities to advance his research. Upon his return to Bruges in 1560, he sought to publish the great wealth of material he had accumulated. Accordingly, he set up a printing press in his home and supervised the execution of the numerous prints that were to accompany his works, often engraving the plates himself. Dekesel writes 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." Ferdinando Bassoli notes that "the writers and illustrators of the following two centuries would not have been able to do without him" (Antiquarian Books on Coins and Medals, 16), and Ernest Babelon agreed, saying that "Hubert Goltz contributed more than any of his contemporaries to the spread of interest in numismatics. His work on the classification and attribution of coins was vital in laying the foundation for a sound critical analysis" (Ancient Numismatics and Its History, 75). Banduri (1718) 12 & 27. Brückmann 49. Dekesel G88. Hirsch (1760) 49. Labbé (1675) 12. Lipsius 152. Struve 83 (1644 edition).