Numismata regum Macedoniæ. omnia quæ laboribus cell. virorum Crophii, Lazii, Goltzii, Patini, Spanhemii, Harduini, Begeri, Wildii, Haymii, Liebii &c. Ex regiss aliisque numismatophylaziis hactenus edita sunt additis ineditis & nondum descriptis quotquot comparare licuit Integra serie Historica tabulis Æneis repræsentata digresit descripsit & notis variorum doctissimorum virorum Illustrata editit Johannes Jacobus Gessnerus. Prefixa sunt. Prolegomena de Thesauro universali omnium numismatum Græcorum & Romanorum. Caput de numismatum Græcorum Præstantia, usu & raritate. Et pag. 24. inseritur. Le Catalogue des medailles Grecques, qui se trouvoient au Cabinet d'illustr Mr. de Formont de la Tour, pendant qu'il demeuroit à Zuric.
Johann Jacob Gessner (1707-1787)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3256840
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],117,[1]p.,CLXXXIII plates. ill.. (engr.). fol. Pencil notes on front free endpaper verso in Norris's hand: Cat.I.9.d). Pencil note of front flyleaf: 2-2- [and] UL.6.10. Small slip of laid paper with a pencil outline of a head inserted between plates CXVI-CXVII (fourth count). Plate CXXVII (fourth count) bound between plates CLV-CLVI (fourth count). Provenance: (1) [anonymous armorial in blind on both covers]; (2) Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: eighteenth-century mottled calf over boards on six raised bands, remains of gilt spine tooling, red painted edges, pink silk bookmark between plates LXII-LXIII (3rd count). Brown leather spine label: Gessnerus Numismata
Makers and roles
Johann Jacob Gessner (1707-1787)