Garampius, Joseph. DE NUMMO ARGENTEO BENEDICTI III. PONT. MAX. DISSERTATIO IN QUA PLURA AD PONTIFICIAM HISTORIAM ILLUSTRANDAM, ET JOANNÆ PAPISSÆ FABULUM REFELLENDAM PROFERUNTER. ACCEDUNT NUMMI ALIQUOT ROMANORUM PONTIFICUM HACTENUS INEDITI ET APPENDIX VETERUM MONUMENTORUM. Romæ: Excudebant Nicolaus, et Marcus Palearini, 1749. 4to [22.5 by 18.5 cm], contemporary vellum; spine ruled and decorated in gilt, tan morocco spine label, gilt; mottled page edges. 174, (4) pages; title engraving of a coin; woodcut initials and occasional numismatic engravings in the text; 1 engraved plate of depicting both sides of 15 coins. Moderate spotting, none of it obtrusive; old holes on pastedowns, not affecting text. Very good or better. A pleasing example of the first publication of the Rimini-born scholar and later Cardinal, Giuseppe Garampi, (1725–1792). Brunet 21619 (1749 edition). Ciferri 188. Dekesel G23. Gnecchi 323. Hirsch 46. Lipsius 103 and 140. The foregoing cite the publication date as “1748 (1750).”