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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).

Wayne Homren, Editor

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