4 v. : 38 cm. (fol.)

T.p. date of v. 1 - 1751, v. 2 - 1752, v. 3 - 1751, v. 4 - 1760. Vol. 3 & 4 have colophons (dated 1750 and 1760 respectively) which name Agostino Carattoni as printer

Vol. 4 has title: Numismata antiqua a marchione Jacobo Musellio recens adquisita, aliis ab eodem iam editis addenda

In addition to plates of coins and medals, engravings by Dionigi Valesio and Domenico Cunego include frontispiece to all 4 vols., volume and section titles, head-pieces in v. 1 & 4 (the 1st after Pietro Antonio Perotti), sizing chart for coins in v. 1 & 4 (also after Perotti). The head-piece in v. 1 depicts arms of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony & King of Poland, to whom work is dedicated. Engraved tail-piece on p. [4] of v. 4 printed upside down

Pagination, v. 1: [4] p., [4], XI, [1], XXV, [1], CXLV leaves of plates -- v. 2: [3], CXLVI-CCLIX, [1], VII, [1], XIII leaves of plates -- v. 3: [12], 352, XXX p., [3] leaves of plates -- v. 4: [4], [2], 115, xvj p., [5], II, XIII, [1], LXXXI leaves of plates

Includes indexes

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