398 - Bizot, (P.).

Bizot, (P.). A Metallurgical History of the Republic of Holland. New edition, expanded to include 140 medals. 3 volumes. Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1688 and 1690. 8°. [11] leaves, 160 (recte 220) pp.; title page, pp. 161–315, 12 pp., [17] leaves; Title page, 18, 256, 56 pp., [2] leaves with 3 engraved frontispieces, 1 engraved portrait, and 253 copper engravings in the text and on plates, some of which are folded. Contemporary calfskin bindings with rich gilt spines. Brunet VI, 25154. Graesse I, 433. Lipsius/L., p. 47. — The final edition of the most important numismatic work of the 17th century in the Netherlands, greatly expanded compared to earlier editions. Twelve editions were published between 1638 and 1690. - With many finely engraved and highly decorative illustrations of medals and coins. - The spine labels for Volumes I and II are missing; Volume III is bound slightly differently. The bindings are somewhat rubbed, with only a few isolated light brown spots; a fine, decoratively bound copy including the supplement volume, which is usually missing.