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1692 Study of Minting Technology
Boizard, Jean, Conseiller en la Cour des Monoyes. TRAITÉ DES MONNOYES, DE LEURS CIRCONSTANCES & DÉPENDANCES. A Paris: Chez la Veuve de Jean Baptiste Coignard..., 1692. First edition. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary full brown calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; page edges speckled red. (20), 503, (25) pages; woodcut headpieces and initials; 3 engraved plates of coining machinery, depicting a Castaing machine, a screw press, and a parting furnace. Spine worn at head and tail; joints cracked. Very good. A landmark work in the history and development of coining technology. Brückmann 18. Dekesel B163. Engel & Serrure 670, citing an 1851 review by Cartier: "Le traité Boizard est intéressant et bon pour connaître les procédés de fabrication et les formes de l'administration de l'époque..." Hirsch 16. Lipsius 51. Soetbeer 27. Ex William Sumner Appleton Library, with his bookplate; ex J.S. Lusk Library with his ink stamp on both pastedowns; ex George Kolbe's 2003 fixed price list, item 31, at $475; ex Jim LaSarre Library.
Boizard, Jean, Conseiller en la Cour des Monoyes. TRAITÉ DES MONNOYES, DE LEURS CIRCONSTANCES & DÉPENDANCES. A Paris: Chez la Veuve de Jean Baptiste Coignard..., 1692. First edition. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary full brown calf; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; page edges speckled red. (20), 503, (25) pages; woodcut headpieces and initials; 3 engraved plates of coining machinery, depicting a Castaing machine, a screw press, and a parting furnace. Spine worn at head and tail; joints cracked. Very good. A landmark work in the history and development of coining technology. Brückmann 18. Dekesel B163. Engel & Serrure 670, citing an 1851 review by Cartier: "Le traité Boizard est intéressant et bon pour connaître les procédés de fabrication et les formes de l'administration de l'époque..." Hirsch 16. Lipsius 51. Soetbeer 27. Ex William Sumner Appleton Library, with his bookplate; ex J.S. Lusk Library with his ink stamp on both pastedowns; ex George Kolbe's 2003 fixed price list, item 31, at $475; ex Jim LaSarre Library.