Vignoli Giovanni

Vignoli Giovanni. Antiquiores Pontificum Romanorum Denari. UNITED with: Fioravanti Benedetto. Antiqui Romanorum Pontificum Denarii. Rome Typografia Bernabò 1734, 1738. Rare edition of two fundamental works of papal numismatics curated by the renowned scholar and numismatist Benedetto Fioravanti, which supplements Vignoli's work and publishes its continuation for the first time. The two treatises chronologically collect and illustrate the oldest coins minted by the Roman Pontiffs from medieval origins up to Pope Paul III, including coins struck in the name of the Roman Senate. Quarter-leather binding (antica). Calligraphic title on the back. Large portrait of Cardinal De Via in the frontispiece. Frontispieces in red and black. Illustrated by 34 plates inserted out of text and over 50 engravings in the text of papal coins minted through the centuries. Dimensions 24x18, pp. 16nn, 100, 8nn 230. Excellent condition.

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