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[NUMISMATICS - NETHERLANDS] BIZOT, Pierre A Monetary History of the Republic of Holland. New edition expanded to include 140 medals [followed by the Supplement...] Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1688–1690, 3 volumes In-8°. Contemporary brown full calf. Spine (new, 19th century) with 5 raised bands. Title and volume number labels in brown morocco. Scuffing; split clasp on Volume I; small losses on the spine of Volume III. Interior fresh. Second edition, partly original as the first two volumes have been expanded, and entirely new for the third supplementary volume written by Joachim Oudaen. This major work traces the metal production and numismatics of the United Provinces from the 16th to the 17th century. The rich iconography includes an engraved frontispiece repeated at the beginning of each volume, off-page portraits, numerous plates of medals and tombs (sometimes fold-out), as well as countless in-text engraved illustrations of coins. References: Brunet, VI, 25154; Lipsius, p. 41 Provenance: from the library of Philippe Kervyn of Volkaersbeke (bookplate)