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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 33, August 12, 2001, Article 3

    NUMISMATICS IN THE AGE OF GROLIER

    "Founded in 1884, the Grolier Club of New York is America's
    oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the
    graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier, the Renaissance collector
    renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club's
    objective is to foster "the literary study and promotion of the
    arts pertaining to the production of books." -from the club's
    website, http://www.grolierclub.org/

    An upcoming exhibition at the Grolier Club will feature
    numismatic literature. "Numismatics in the Age of Grolier
    open September 12, 2001. For more information, see
    http://www.grolierclub.org/ExNumismatics.htm

    From the exhibition press release: "Numismatic literature was
    among the most elegant and fascinating expressions of the
    printer’s art during the European Renaissance. A wide selection
    of these works, as well as Renaissance medals and the Greek
    and Roman coins which inspired them, will be on view at the
    Grolier Club September 12 through November 17, 2001.

    "Jean Grolier, the famous French book collector for whom
    the Club is named, was recognized by contemporaries for his
    collection of ancient coins as well as for his numismatic books,
    which formed a significant portion of his library. Items from
    Grolier’s collection will be on view in the forthcoming show.
    Among the highlights are many “firsts:”

    • The first numismatic book – the 1514 Paris edition of Budé’s
    De Asse et partibus, published by Josse Bude.
    • Andrea Fulvio’s Illustrium Imagines (Rome, 1517), the first
    illustrated numismatic book in its possibly unique first issue.
    • An unfinished 1565 manuscript of Enea Vico will be displayed
    for the first time, along with all his published works. Vico is
    generally considered the first scientific numismatist.
    • Grolier’s copy of Vico’s first book, Le imagini, published in
    1548.
    • Grolier’s leather bound coin trays from the Bibliothèque
    Inguimbertine in Carpentras will be on view for the first time
    in America along with cases belonging to Nicolas-Claude
    Fabri de Peiresc from the same collection

    A symposium, co-sponsored by the American Numismatic
    Society, will be held in conjunction with the Grolier Club
    exhibition October 27, 2001, 10 am – 3 pm. Speakers
    will include:

    Professor John Cunnally, co-curator of the exhibition and
    author of "Images of the Illustrious, the Numismatic Presence
    in the Renaissance" (Princeton, 1999).

    Dr. C. E. Dekesel, author of monographs on Hubert Goltzius
    and Charles Patin and the new standard bibliography of 16th
    century numismatic books, Bibliotheca Nummaria (Crestline
    1997).

    Jean-Baptiste Giard, Conservateur émerité of the Cabinet des
    Médailles of the Bibliothèque nationale (Paris), author of the
    standard catalogues of the Roman coins in the Bibliothèque
    nationale and of the mint of Lyons, as well as numerous
    articles on the history of numismatics.

    Dr. Stephen K. Scher, co-curator of the exhibition, former
    chairman of the Art Department of Brown University,
    organizer of the Frick exhibition and editor of the catalogue
    The Currency of Fame, Portrait Medals of the Renaissance
    (New York, 1994).

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  • 2001-08-12
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  • 4

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