La Science Des Medailles, Pour l'instruction de ceux qui commencent à s'appliquer à la connoissance des Medailles Antiques & Modernes.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/4030
Imprint
A Paris,: Chez Antoine Dezallier, ruë S. Jacques, à la Couronne d'or. -, M. DC. XCV. Avec Privilege Du Roy.
Physical Description
[8], 304, [22] p.; 163 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[T.p.] - Avertissement - Tables Des Instructions & des Sujets qui y sont traittez; Extrait Du Privilege du Roy (1692) - [Text] - Table Des Matieres.
Responsibility Note
The author is not named. The work is usually attributed to Louis Jobert.
The 'Extrait Du Privilege du Roy' permits Jean Ricoeur, bookseller, to print and sell the book for twelve years from 1692, and extends the privilege to his associates Louis Lucas and Michel David, booksellers.
References
M. Jones, The art of the medal (1979).
Summary Note
The work had first been published in 1692. An English translation became available in 1697 (The knowledge of medals: or, instructiuons for those who apply themselves to the study of medals).
Provenance
The title page is inscribed in ink, 'C. Benson 1803'.
Binding Note
Contemporary calf; rebacked in 1990, black morocco spine-label lettered 'Science Des Medailles'.
Subject
Medals - Europe - History
Connoisseurship - Collecting - France - 17th century
Manuals - Instructional materials - Numismatics - France - 17th century