Sold
$1,200
Est.
$500
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BCD Library Part 2 - Sale 171
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Nov 2, 2024 at 12 PM EDT
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[Bodleian Library]. Wise, Francis. NUMMORUM ANTIQUORUM SCRINIIS BODLEIANIS RECONDITORUM. CATALOGUS CUM COMMENTARIO TABULIS AENEIS ET APPENDICE. Oxonii e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1750. Folio [42.5 by 28.5 cm], later maroon cloth-backed mottled boards; maroon cloth cover label, gilt. Engraved title vignette by James Green; finely engraved unsigned dedication vignette; iv, (2) pages; full complement of 23 engraved plates of coins depicting ancient Greek, Roman and English coins; one leaf (pages 123–124) with numismatic text engravings. Minor spotting; corner bump; very good or better. The plates recording the collection belonging to the Bodleian at the time, beginning with the ancient Greek and Roman coins but also including Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Gallic, English, Scottish and Irish coins. The author was a well-known antiquary and served as the Radcliffe Librarian at Oxford. Very scarce: a copy of this work including both the text and plates sold for $2000 hammer in our first BCD Library sale. Dekesel W196. Hirsch 142. Lipsius 439. Manville 142.