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1132 - Ordinance and instructions governing how exchangers or collectors of banned, clipped, light, or excessively worn gold and silver coins are to conduct themselves and operate henceforth [...]. Antwerp: H. Verdussen, 1633, 4to, agenda: [126] ff. (light marginal waterstains on some leaves, some blank margins expertly reinforced, normal toning). 19th-century vellum, gilt-ruled spine (soiled, upper board gaping). Rare coin ordinance, issued in March 1633, listing coins no longer in circulation. Includes hundreds of woodcut illustrations of coins (both sides!). Woodcut of Philip IV’s royal arms on the title page. This rather unusual format was designed to allow money changers to carry the book in their inner pocket. Ref. BB IV:549:O-112. - Goldsmith 654. - STC French 1601–1700 (BL) N-149 (other ed.?). - STCV. - Not in Kress. Formerly in the collection of C. Fox with the monogram "ARa"? (handwritten entries dated 1871 on the title page and flyleaf, with a purchase note reading "In the 'My Room' catalog // b[ough]t at Quaritch").
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Ordinance and instructions governing how exchangers or collectors of banned, clipped, light, or excessively worn gold and silver coins are to conduct themselves and operate henceforth [...]. Antwerp: H. Verdussen, 1633, 4to, agenda: [126] ff. (light marginal waterstains on some leaves, some blank margins expertly reinforced, normal toning). 19th-century vellum, gilt-ruled spine (soiled, upper board gaping). Rare coin ordinance, issued in March 1633, listing coins no longer in circulation. Includes hundreds of woodcut illustrations of coins (both sides!). Woodcut of Philip IV’s royal arms on the title page. This rather unusual format was designed to allow money changers to carry the book in their inner pocket. Ref. BB IV:549:O-112. - Goldsmith 654. - STC French 1601–1700 (BL) N-149 (other ed.?). - STCV. - Not in Kress. Formerly in the collection of C. Fox with the monogram "ARa"? (handwritten entries dated 1871 on the title page and flyleaf, with a purchase note reading "In the 'My Room' catalog // b[ough]t at Quaritch").
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