Hostus [Hostius Hosto Hosti], Matthaeus [Matthaei]; Adam [Adamus] Rechenberg. [Joannis Seldeni (i.e. Alessandro Sardi), Philippi Labbe, Guilielmi Budaei]. - Historiae rei nummariae veteris scriptores aliquot insigniores ad lectionem sacrorum et profanorum scriptorum utiles, cum Bibliotheca nummaria, et praefatione Adami Rechenbergi. [Historica antiquitas: rei nummariae, mensurarum, ponderum, &c. in tres tomos distincta.] [Tomes I-III].

Amstelodami, [Amsterdam] Peter Le Clert, 1692. Hardcover. Three volumes in one. Octavo (205 x 180mm). Pp. (xxxii), 368, (viii); (xxii), 274; 275-638 (i.e. 538), (vi). (Numerous errors in pagination. Tome I, pp. 369-372 misbound; Tome III, pp. 451-537 misnumbered 551-637; pp. 568-569, 572-573 blank.) Plus engraved frontispiece portrait of Matthaeus Hostus chipped at corner with slight loss to background, skilfully restored on mount. Folding tables. Title-page printed in red and black, list of contents printed on verso. Woodcut device to title. Large, illustrated woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials; occasionally slight browning. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome modern vellum, lettering to spine, sprinkled edges. A fine copy. Crisp interior exceptionally well preserved, attractive binding. ~ First part, complete in itself, of the collective work, "Tractatuum series". This part is entirely made up of the works of Matthaeus Hostius, which are divided into three tomes, having each a separate title-page. First Tome contains 5 books (or parts); Second Tome contains 3 books; Third Tome contains 10 books. Each of the 18 books has a separate title-page. The "Tractatuum series" contains the following works: I. Matthaei Hosti: Historica antiquitas: Rei nummariae, Mensurarum, Ponderum, &c. in tres tomos distincta; II: Joannis Seldeni (i.e. Alessandro Sardi): Liber de nummis; III: Philippi Labbe: Bibliotheca nummaria; IV: Guilielmi Budaei: De asse & partibus eius libri V; Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Matthaeus Host (1509-1587). Adam Rechenberg (1642-1721). Alessandro Sardi (1520-1588). Guillaume Bude (1468-1540). Philippe Labbe (1607-1667). Lipsius p. 326. I-5 OUT .

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