Vaillant on Roman Copper Coins

Vaillant, Jean-Foy. NUMISMATA ÆREA IMPERATORUM, AUGUSTARUM, ET CÆSARUM, IN COLONIIS, MUNICIPIIS, ET URBIBUS JURE LATIO DONATIS, EX OMNI MODULO PERCUSSA. Second edition. Parisiis: Apud Danielem Horthemels, 1695. Two parts in one volume. Folio [40 by 25.5 cm], contemporary full vellum, sides paneled and decorated in blind; hand-lettered spine with seven raised bands. (16), 244; 267, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black with a medallion engraving; engraved headpieces; woodcut initials and tailpieces; engraved folding map; numerous engravings of coins in the text. Very good. Jean Foy Vaillant (1632–1706) is considered to be the outstanding numismatic scholar of the late 17th and early 18th century, not only in France but throughout Europe. He traveled widely in search of unpublished ancient coins and medals for the royal numismatic collection under Colbert to Italy (no fewer than twelve times), Greece, Holland, England and, later in life, to Egypt and Persia. The work at hand went through several editions, having first been published in 1688. Dekesel F 60. Hirsch 131. Lipsius 409.