Sylloge numismatum elegantiorum : quæ diuersi impp., reges, principes, comites, respublicæ diuersas ob causas ab anno 1500, ad annum usq[ue] 1600 cudi fecerunt / concinnata & historica narratione (sed breui) illustrata opera ac studio Ioannis Iacobi Luckii, Argentoratensis

By: Luck, Johann Jacob, 1574?-1653
Contributor(s): Aubry, Peter, d. 1628 | Brentel, Frédéric, ca. 1580-1651
Publisher: Argentinæ : Typis Reppianis, sumptib[us] ipsi[us] authoris, 1620.Description: [24], 383 [i.e. 389], [1] p. : ill., coats of arms, ports. ; 32 cm. (fol.).Subject(s): Luck, Johann Jacob, 1574?-1653 -- Numismatic collections -- Catalogs | Numismatics -- Private collections -- France -- Strasbourg -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 | Commemorative coins -- Private collections -- France -- Strasbourg -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 | Kings and rulers in numismatics -- Early works to 1800 | Portrait sculpture in numismatics -- Early works to 1800 | Emblems -- Europe -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800 | Europe -- Kings and rulers -- Portraits -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Coins and Medals Rare XX(223956.1) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223956-1001
Total holds: 0

Illustrations: Ca. 300 prints : engraving ; full-page (2) and smaller (chiefly ca. 8 x 15 cm. or smaller). Comprise engraved t.p., signed: F.B. [i.e. F. Brentel?] sculpsit, Petter Aubry excudit; arms of the dedicatee, Eberhard von Rappolstein (2 versions); emblem of the author; and ca. 296 prints depicting coins, medals, etc. (most with 2 or more figs.), each including one or more commemorative images such as a port. and/or emblem, arms, etc., of a ruler

Head- and tailpieces; floriated initials

Includes bibliography

Dekesel, C. A bibliography of 17th century numismatic books p. 1665.