The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V23 2020 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 23, Number 51, December 20, 2020, Article 3

NEW BOOK: MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

Hugo Vanhoudt forwarded this information about a new translation of the classic Van Loon book. Thanks! -Editor

MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES (1555-1716)
by GERARD VAN LOON

English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt

The set of four volumes of our new publication MEDALLIC HISTORY OF THE LOW COUNTRIES tells the history of the Low Countries for the period 1555 – 1716, documented by medals, jetons and coins.

Van Loon book cover The nature of the Van Loon books is iconic. We can think of no other books in the field of Numismatics, or any other discipline or science, where the leading reference books are nearly 300 years old and still in active current use. This is not only unprecedented but actually amazing. These volumes are so remarkable and important to both Numismatists and Historians that the original printing from the 1720's are indeed still in regular use.

Today, we present you the English translation of the original Dutch version in 4 volumes with full respect to all original drawings as they are each a piece of art. In addition we have added separately full color plates with medals, jetons and coins as they appear in the books.

In an effort to make these books available to the largest audience possible, we have deliberately priced them well below other comparable publications in the field. The price for the total set of 4 volumes (1800 pages and full color plates) is only 160 euro or 200 USD (in USA).

In annex you may find an overview of some pages of these books as examples.

Van Loon portrait Information:
Set of 4 volumes ( size A4) with additional illustrations (plates)
      Volume 1: period 1555-1602; introduction + 447 p. + 48 full color plates.
      Volume 2: period 1602-1667; 409 p. + 40 full color plates.
      Volume 3: period 1667-1691; 380 p. + 20 full color plates.
      Volume 4: period 1691-1716; 438 p. + 21 full color plates.
Price: 160 euro for one set of 4 volumes, exclusive costs of packaging & postage.
Language: English
Size: A4 format, 29,7 x 21,0 cm)
Hardcover ( red cloth, white lettering)
ISBN: 978-1-7356598-0-0

White spacer bar
Van Loon sample page 1 Van Loon sample page 2

FREE PRE-SUBSCIPTION: As we will organize the printing by the mid of January 2021 we would appreciate your presubscription to this numismatic publication. As soon as the books are available we will inform you for the payment. Contacts for the pre-subscription by mail are:
Hugo Vanhoudt : vanhoudt.hugo@gmail.com
or John Saunders: John@spcnb.com

Van Loon sample page 3 Van Loon sample page 4

That's a great price for these classic volumes. I expect copies will sell fast. -Editor

Kenny E-Sylum ad02 Books Literature


Wayne Homren, Editor

Google
 
NBS (coinbooks.org) Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V23 2020 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

Copyright © 1998 - 2020 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
All Rights Reserved.

NBS Home Page
Contact the NBS webmaster
coin