Delineation of Numismatic Science

This book first appeared at Antwerp, 1579, quarto, and in an expanded edition at Augsburg, 1601, quarto; later, through the effort of FRANCISCUS MEDIOBARBUS, it appeared at Milan, 1683 and 1730, folio, expanded with icons and explanations.

XVI. JAC. OISELIUS, a German, author of the Treasury of selected ancient coins, published at Amsterdam, 1677, quarto.

XVII. JOH. CHRISTOPH. OLEARIUS, a German, published a Specimen of teaching universal scientific numismatic matters, Jena, 1698, octavo.

XVIII. CAR. PATINUS, a Frenchman, whose works exist: Roman families in ancient coins from the founding of the City to the times of AUGUSTUS, Paris, 1663, folio; Coins of the Roman Emperors of medium and small bronze form, Strasbourg, 1671, folio; History of coins, or introduction to their history, written in French and twice published in French at Paris, 1665, duodecimo, and 1667, duodecimo. A Latin version, enriched with new additions, appeared at Amsterdam, 1683, duodecimo. Treasury of coins, Amsterdam, 1672, quarto. See PATINUS' History of coins, p. 213.

XIX. PAULUS PEDRUSI, an Italian, who published the gold, silver, and medallion Caesars collected in the Farnese Museum, or that of FRANCIS I, Duke of Parma, with an Italian interpretation, the titles of whose books have been rendered into Latin.