LUCK (Johann Jacob). Sylloge Numismatum Elegantiorum,... Lot 67

LUCK (Johann Jacob). Sylloge Numismatum Elegantiorum, quae Diversi Impp. Reges, Principes, Comites, Respublicae. Diversas ob causas ab Anno 1500 ad Annum usq. 1600 cudi fecerunt. Strasbourg, Typis Reppianis, 1620. In-folio of (8) ff, 383 pp, (1) f. Tan calf, spine with gilt owls, long title page in red mar. Covers and corners worn, jaws split. The illustration consists of a very fine engraved title after Petter Aubry, a large armorial vignette on the dedication leaf, a small armorial vignette on the epistle, and 294 engraved numismatic figures in the text (including 1 full page). Some pages are browned, but otherwise a very good copy of this "collection which has become quite rare" according to Brunet. Great genealogist and collector, Johann Jacob Luck (1574-1635) ended his career as bailiff of Staufenberg (Baden). (Brunet, III, 1217)