Classes Generales Geographiae Numismaticae Sev Monetae Urbium, Populorum Et Regum, Ordine Geographico Et Chronologico Dispositae Secundum Systema Eckhelianum Et In Duas Partes Divisae Quarum Prior Geographiam Numariam Certam Altera Incertam, Vel Erroneam Continet. Pars I & Ii
Sestini, Domenico (1797)
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The Scarce 1797 First Edition Sestini, Domenico. CLASSES GENERALES GEOGRAPHIAE NUMISMATICAE SEV MONETAE URBIUM, POPULORUM ET REGUM, ORDINE GEOGRAPHICO ET CHRONOLOGICO DISPOSITAE SECUNDUM SYSTEMA ECKHELIANUM ET IN DUAS PARTES DIVISAE QUARUM PRIOR GEOGRAPHIAM NUMARIAM CERTAM ALTERA INCERTAM, VEL ERRONEAM CONTINET. PARS I & II. Lipsiae: in Libraria Gleditschia, 1797. Two parts, as issued in one volume. Small 4to [23.5 by 19 cm], contemporary vellum-backed marbled sides; spine ruled in gilt; green morocco spine label, gilt; all page edges green. viii, 80, (16), (2), 130, (2), (2) pages. Binding worn at extremities; very good or better. The first edition of Sestini’s classification schema, most usually encountered in his 1821 revision (see following). Scarce. Babelon 131–133: “Abbé Domenico Sestini of Florence (1750–1832), a numismatist and naturalist, travelled far and wide in his quest to pursue his interests. .. Sestini was the Vaillant of the nineteenth century; even if he lacked Eckhel’s erudition and, moreover, the learned Jesuit’s accurate criticism, his descriptions of the various different collections he saw have proved to be a valuable source of information, and are still consulted to this day.” Lipsius 369.