Egypt.- Numismatics.- Foy-Vaillant (Jean) Historia Ptolemaeorum Aegypti regum, ad fidem numismatum accommodata, first edition, Amsterdam, G.Gallet, 1701; Seleucidarum Imperium, sive historia regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, second edition, The Hague, P.Gosse & J.Neaulme, 1732, together 2 works in 1 vol. (the first bound second), titles in red & black with engraved device, engraved illustrations of portraits and coins, the second with slight worming to upper inner corner not affecting text, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red and green labels, rubbed, spine slightly worn at head, folio
⁂ The author was a numismatist sent by Colbert to Greece, Italy, Persia, and Egypt to collect coins.
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