Patin’s 1683 Catalogue of the Mauroceno Collection

Patin, Charles. THESAURUS NUMISMATUM, ANTIQUORUM & RECENTIORUM, EX AURO, ARGENTO, & ÆRE, AB ILLUSTRISS. & EXCELLENTISS. D. D. PETRO MAUROCENO, SENATORE VENETO, SERENISSIME REIPUBLICÆ LEGATUS. Venetiis: Ex Typographia Jo. Francisci Valuasensis, 1683. 4to [22.5 by 16.5 cm], later full tan morocco; spine with two raised bands, lettered in brown; brown endpapers. Finely engraved frontispiece signed by Dorigni and Desbois; 148 pages; engraved title vignette; engraved dedication vignette; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials; numerous large engravings of Roman provincial coins in the text. Intermittent staining to early pages; one leaf with repaired margin. Very good. The second edition of this scarce work. Lipsius 250 (under Mauroceni) & 308. Dekesel P60.