Kolbe & Fanning
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1734 Guide to Collecting by Van Loon
Loon, Gerard van. HEDENDAAGSCHE PENNINGKUNDE, ZYNDE EENE VERHANDELING VAN DEN OORSPRONK VAN 'T GELD, DE OPKOMST EN'T ONDERSCHEYD DER GEDENKPENNINGEN; DEN AARDT EN DE REKENWYZE DER LEGPENNINGEN; DE WYZE VAN'T SYFFEREN DER OUDEN, DEN OORSPRONK DER SYFFERLETTEREN, TOVERPENNINGEN EN NOODMUNTEN... In 's Graavenhaage: By Christiaan van Lom, 1732. Second edition [first folio edition]. Folio [40.5 by 26.5 cm], contemporary vellum, both boards paneled in blind with decorative device in centers; spine with seven raised bands, hand-lettered in ink; all page edges red. (12), 289 [mis-numbered 389], (27) pages; title printed in red and black with a finely engraved printer's device; finely engraved headpiece; fine engravings, mostly of medals and coins, throughout the text; woodcut initials and endpiece. Front joint cracked and neatly strengthened. Very good or better. An attractive and well-preserved copy of this infrequently encountered history of coinage, with copious illustrations depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins as well as medieval and modern European coins and medals. Includes the author's reflections on how to form and arrange one's collection. Cumont 2085. Dekesel L244. Engel & Serrure 4340.Hirsch 78 (citing the 1717–1718 and 1734 editions). Lipsius 235. Ex Kolbe Sale 94, lot 1028.
Loon, Gerard van. HEDENDAAGSCHE PENNINGKUNDE, ZYNDE EENE VERHANDELING VAN DEN OORSPRONK VAN 'T GELD, DE OPKOMST EN'T ONDERSCHEYD DER GEDENKPENNINGEN; DEN AARDT EN DE REKENWYZE DER LEGPENNINGEN; DE WYZE VAN'T SYFFEREN DER OUDEN, DEN OORSPRONK DER SYFFERLETTEREN, TOVERPENNINGEN EN NOODMUNTEN... In 's Graavenhaage: By Christiaan van Lom, 1732. Second edition [first folio edition]. Folio [40.5 by 26.5 cm], contemporary vellum, both boards paneled in blind with decorative device in centers; spine with seven raised bands, hand-lettered in ink; all page edges red. (12), 289 [mis-numbered 389], (27) pages; title printed in red and black with a finely engraved printer's device; finely engraved headpiece; fine engravings, mostly of medals and coins, throughout the text; woodcut initials and endpiece. Front joint cracked and neatly strengthened. Very good or better. An attractive and well-preserved copy of this infrequently encountered history of coinage, with copious illustrations depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins as well as medieval and modern European coins and medals. Includes the author's reflections on how to form and arrange one's collection. Cumont 2085. Dekesel L244. Engel & Serrure 4340.Hirsch 78 (citing the 1717–1718 and 1734 editions). Lipsius 235. Ex Kolbe Sale 94, lot 1028.