Numismatics.- Foy-Vaillant (Jean) Seleucidarum imperium, sive historia regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, first edition, half-title, title with large engraved device, engraved illustrations of portraits and coins, lightly browned, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, [Blackmer 621], Paris, L.Billaine, 1681 § Rechenberg (Adam), Matthaeus Host & others. Historiae rei nummariae veteris, 3 parts in 2 vol., engraved portrait of Host (with engraved bookplate of Henry Compton, Bishop of London to verso), title in red & black, 3 letterpress tables on 2 folding sheets, browned, contemporary panelled calf, Leipzig, J.G.Lippert, 1692 § Gronovius (J.F.) De Sestertiis seu subsecivorum pecuniae veteris Graecae & Romanae libri IV, third edition, fine engraved additional pictorial title showing a group in a library inspecting coins, title with woodcut device, light staining towards end, contemporary ink signature "Mordecai Cary 1710" and his extensive notes to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, ruled and tooled in blind, Leiden, J. du Vivié, 1691 § Eisenschmidt (J.C.) De ponderibus et mensuris veterum Romanorum, Graecorum, Hebraeorum; nec non de valore pecuniae veteris..., first edition, folding letterpress leaf of comparative weights, 2 folding engraved plates, foxed, contemporary calf ruled in blind, spine gilt, Strasbourg, T.Lerse, 1708, all rubbed or worn, particularly spines, lacking some labels, joints split, some covers detached; and an odd vol. on coins, v.s. (6)

⁂ The author of the first item was a numismatist sent by Colbert to Greece, Italy, Persia, and Egypt to collect coins.