NUMISMATICS Ficoroni, Francesco de. I piombi antichi. Dedicata alla santità di nostro signore Papa Benedetto XIV. 6 Bl., 168 S. Title in red and black. With stung frontispiece, engraved title vignette and 64 copper plates. 26.5 x 20 cm. Parchment d. C. with hs. Title. Rome, Girolamo Mainardi, 1740. Graesse II, 576. – First edition of the extensive illustrated ancient coinage by the archaeologist and expert for the Roman antiquity Francesco de-Ficoroni (1664-1747). A Latin edition appeared in 1750. – A little sticky, front inner joint bursted, intentions strongly brownish. Interior mirror with the coat of arms exlibris by Giuseppe Capece-Latro (1744-1836), Archbishop of Taranto and influential Italian statesman.