Ordonnance et instruction selon laquelle se doibvent conduire & regler doresenavant les changeurs ou collecteurs des pièces d'or & d'argent deffendues, rognées, legieres ou trop usées [...].

Antwerp, H. Verdussen, 1633

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Description du lot

4to agenda: [126] ff. (light marg. staining, some blank margins expertly strengthened, normal toning).

Contemp. vellum (soiled, pastedowns repaired, modern flylvs), flat spine titled in ink. Good copy.

Rare coin ordinance, issued March 1633, with a survey of coins no longer valid. With hundreds of woodcut coin illustrations (both sides!). Woodcut royal arms of Philip IV on title. This rather particular format was intended to help money changers to put the book in their inside pocket.
Ref. BB IV:549:O-112. - Goldsmith 654. - STC French 1601-1700 (BL) N-149 (other ed?). - STCV. - Not in Kress.

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