Dissertationes de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum

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8° Hardcover in good condition. 917, [51 (index)] pp. 1 engraved frontispiece with portrait of the author, with many illustrations in the text. Full parchment binding of the time. This is the second edition of Spanheim's most famous work, which he wrote on a trip to Italy in 1664. - Ezechiel Spanheim (1629 - 1710) studied theology and philology in Leiden and became an educator at the court of Elector Charles I Louis (Palatinate) in 1656. After further studies in law and political science, Spanheim undertook diplomatic activities from 1661 onwards.