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Le Museum De Florence, Ou Collection Des Pierres Gravées, Statues, Médailles Et Peintures, Qui Se Trouvent À Florence, Principalement Dans Le Cabinet Du Grand Duc De Toscane. Tome Cinqième: Médailles

4to [26.5 by 20 cm], handsomely bound in contemporary mottled calf; both sides bordered in gilt; spine attractively ruled and decorated in gilt; crimson and green spine labels, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; all pages edges speckled; marbled endpapers. Engraved title followed by printed title; (2), 171, (1) pages interspersed with 90 full-page engraved plates depicting ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins and Pisanello’s medal of John VIII Palaiologos. Binding rubbed, with wear to joints. Pages crisp. Very good or better. One of two numismatic volumes of this eight-volume catalogue to the great Florentine collection. Rarely offered. The authors conceived of their catalogue as an alternative to the magnificent, but very expensive, catalogues prepared by Gori. This is only the second copy of this volume we have publicly offered in at least thirty years. Dekesel M412. Lipsius 278.