Christians, Adpendicula ad numismata Graeca populorum et urbium a Iacobo Gesnero tabulis aeneis repraesentata

Aloysius Cristiani, Adpendicula ad numismata Graeca populorum et urbium a Iacobo Gesnero tabulis aeneis repraesentata, Typis Georgii Ludovici Schulzii, Academici Typographi, Vindobonae 1762, pp. 80 with finely crafted woodcut headpieces, finials and drop caps, 2 splendid plates. folded, 22 cm, br. and. waiting.

This Viennese work complements Jakob Gessner's celebrated plates of Greek civic coinage, enriching them with additions, corrections, and precise typological clarifications. It demonstrates the scholarly environment that would lead to the future Viennese numismatic "school," providing an early, pre-Eckhelian source for the classification of civic types and for comparing legends and iconography. The second plate bears the signature of the young engraver Johann Ernst Mansfeld, who was destined to become one of the protagonists of 18th-century Austrian copperplate engraving.

Insignificant 1 cm halo on the upper corner, otherwise a very fresh example, in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.