Beuatiful French Set of Van Loon

410, Lot: 876. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Van Loon, Gerard]. Histoire metallique des XVII provinces des Pays-Bas depuis l'abdication de Charles-Quint, jusqu'à la paix de Bade en MDCCXVI. Traduite de hollandois de Monsieur Gerard van Loon. (La Haye, 1732). In five volumes. Hardbound in decorated vellum. The five volume of Van Loon’s magisterial Beschryving der Nederlandsche historipenningen: Of beknopt Verhaal van't gene sedert de overdracht der heerschappye van keyzer Karel den Vyfden op koning Philips zynen zoon, Tot het sluyten van den uytrechtschen vreede, in de zeventien Nederlandsche Gewesten is voorgevallen. Published earlier than the Dutch version, it remains the standard reference on historical medals issued from 1556 to 1716. Text specially bound during the nineteenth or early twentieth century in vellum with much ornate decoration. Clain-Stefanelli 14855*. Very Fine condition overall, some typical minor aging.

NB: the asterisk incorporated into the Clain-Stefanelli number was included by E.V. Clain-Stefanelli to indicate that that title should be part of a basic numismatic library.