The Medallic History Of Imperial Rome; From The First Triumvirate, Under Pompey, Crassus, And Cesar, To The Removal Of The Imperial Seat, By Constantine The Great. With The Several Medals And Coins, Accurately Copied And Curiously Engraven. To Which Is Prefixed, An Introduction, Containing A General History Of Roman Medals - VOL II
Cooke, William (1781)
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Complete. 4to, contemporary matching full brown tree calf; spines elaborately ruled and decorated in gilt; red and black morocco spine labels, gilt, with inlaid volume numbers on red morocco within black labels; board edges decorated in gilt; page edges yellow. (16), xxxix, (1), 507, (1) + (4), 502 pages; 61 engraved plates of coins; other engravings of coins in the text. Joints somewhat weak; second volume head lightly chipped; endpapers with some discoloration. Still a remarkably attractive set, with fresh and clean interiors. Very good or better. A beautifully bound set of this important work. Published posthumously by the author’s son, Cooke’s work employs coins to illustrate Roman history and the lives of the emperors. Seldom encountered. Dekesel C318. Lipsius (Supp.) 50. Sigler 569. Ex George Drewry Squibb (1906–1994), an antiquary and lawyer who in 1954–1955 argued (successfully) the only case held before the High Court of Chivalry since the 1730s.