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Lot 17:

FLOREZ (Fr. Henrique). MEDALLAS de las Colonias, Municipios y Pueblos Antiguos de España. En Madrid, 1757-1773.

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FLOREZ (Fr. Henrique)

MEDALLAS de las Colonias, Municipios y Pueblos Antiguos de España. Coleccion de las que se hallan en diversos Autores, y de otras nunca publicadas: con explication y dibujo de cada una. En Madrid: En la Oficina de Antonio Marin e de Antonio de Sancha, 1757-1773.

2 [of 3] v.: 1.º, ¶-¶¶, A-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Eee4, [16], 408 pp., 1 ret., 23 gravs; 2.º, []2, Fff-Zzz, Aaaa-Qqqq4, Rrrr2, [4], pp. 409-684, 34 gravs.: il.; 270 mm. Lacking folding map on first volume and 1 plate on the second; full calf; red edges.

First edition, rare, of the two first volumes of this work classified by Palau as “bella y Buscada”. It deals with the study of ancient Spanish numismatics, having reproductions of all coins minted in Spain from the Iberians to the Visigoths, with greater attention, due to the abundance of pieces observed, in Roman coins.

 

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