Goltzius [Goltz], Hubert. - Thesaurus rei antiquariae Huberrimus. Ex antiquis tam numismatum quam marmorum inscriptionibus pari diligentia qua fide conquisitus ac descriptus, & in Locos communes distributus.

Antwerpiae, Ex Officina Gerardi Wolsschati Sumptibus Iacobi Biaei [Antwerp, Gerard Wolsschat for Jacob Bij (Jacob de Bie], 1618. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Royal quarto (322 x 214mm). Pp. (vi), 158 (verso blank). Set in double columns and paginated 1-314. Handsome engraved device to title-page; two decorative initials, corner-tip of one leaf neatly restored, old small stain to first page, minute blemishes elsewhere. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary full laced case vellum, spine gilt, small paper restoration to first paste-down, all edges dyed aquamarine. Uniformly browned due to paper quality, else a fine copy. ~ Goltzius (Venlo 1526 - Bruges 1583) sketched the contents of over a thousand collections of coins, developing his drawings into a series of thematic and biographical studies in ancient history. His work laid the groundwork for the systematic study of numismatics. His publishing career began in 1557, with the publication of Vivae Imagines, and ended in 1579, when he published the FIRST EDITION of the "Thesaurus rei antiquariae Huberrimus". Much of his work, however, was left unpublished, and it was Jacob de Bie of Antwerp who gathered and published it, including the present edition of the "Thesaurus". Lipsius 152. Brunet II, p. 1653. Not in Simoni. B-3 .

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