[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce 17th c. Dutch merchant reference work on European coinage w/100s of woodcuts. Antwerp: 1633

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(NUMISMATICS) ORDONNANCIE ENDE INSTRUCTIE NAER DE WELCKE VOORT-AEN HEN MOETEN REGULEREN DIE GHESWOREN WISSLAERS OFTE COLLECTEURS VANDE GOUDE ENDE SILVEREN PENNINGEN Wesende Verboden... Antwerp: Hieronymus Verdussen. 1633. Tall, narrow 4to. (12-1/4" x 4") in the form of a commercial ledger. Unpaginated. Gothic type. Large royal woodcut coat-of-arms on title page. Illustrated with 100s of woodcuts of contemporary coins, both obverse and reverse, that a Dutch merchant might encounter. Original calf, now a bit worn and soiled but still quite sound. Spine extremities lightly chipped. Elaborately gilt spine compartments (rubbed) and spine label mostly lacking.                                                        $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)

The book is printed on heavy paper stock. It was a practical, heavily used & consulted book and not many copies have survived.
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