Bartoli, Pietro Santi; Sigebert Haverkamp (Translator); Pieter de Hondt (Publisher); François van Bleyswijk (Illustrator); Pierre Tanjé (Illustrator); Queen Christina of Sweden, (1626-1669), collector

Medailles de grand et moyen bronze du cabinet de la reine Christine ... gravées aussi délicatement, qu'exactement d'après les originaux ... en LXIII planches, expliquées par un commentaire, traduit du latin de Sigebert Havercamp. : Nummophylacium Reginae Christinae, quod comprehendit numismata aerea imperatorum romanorum, latina, graeca, atque in coloniis cusa, quondam a Petro Santes Bartolo ... incisa tabulis aeneis LXIII. Nunc primum prodeunt cum commentario Sigeberti Havercampi. [The coinage of Queen Christina, which includes the bronze coins of the Roman emperors, Latin, Greek, and those minted in the colonies, formerly engraved by Peter Santes Bartolo ... with 63 bronze plates. Now published for the first time with the commentary of Sigebert Havercamp.] First edition.

La Haye: Pierre De Hondt, 1742. Folio 27 x 43cm. [12], 464, 63 engraved plates with 600+700 engravings. Text in French and Latin. Later half roan and marbled boards. Very good. Pages fresh....The coronation of Queen Christina took place on October, 22 1650 and was quite a spectacle. Christina went to the castle of Jacobsdal where she entered a coronation carriage draped in black velvet embroidered in gold and pulled by three white horses. The procession to Storkyrkan was so long that when the first carriages arrived, the last ones had not yet left Jacobsdal (a distance of roughly 10.5-km or 6.5-mi). All four estates were invited to dine at the castle. Fountains at the market place splashed out wine for three days, roast was served, and illuminations sparkled, followed by a themed parade (The Illustrious Splendors of Felicity) .......
In 1654, Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated and moved to Rome, taking with her an immense coin collection of more than 15,000 coins, some of which she had inherited. She patronized a group of prominent numismatists of the time, and when she died, she bequethed more than 6000 coins to the Odescalchi family, and these coins were later sold to Pope Pius VI for the Vatican's coin cabinet. Her coins are easily identifiable by the crowned C stamped on them, and are some of the oldest and most prestigiously pedigreed coins....
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Édition bilingue latin-français, ornée de 63 planches de médailles hors-texte gravées
par Pietro Santes Bartolo...........OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
3435638. Item #51-6568

Price: $1,200.00