AUCTION CATALOGUE]. GRITTI, Andrea, and others.

Catalogue d'une Bibliotheque, Curieuse & Nombreuse. Contenant une collection de livres precieux, . Et enfin un belle collection des Medailles Antiques . Recueillis . par . S.A.S.A. Gritti, . D.A.J. Salanova, . J.F. de Voisin, . 28 Mars 1769. The Hague, Jean Gaillard, [1769]. 8vo. 3 parts in 1 volume. With 3 title-pages and several woodcut tailpieces. Nineteenth-century shell-marbled boards.

      - 162; (1), (1 blank), 182 (2 blank); (1), (1 blank), 216, 7 pp. Cat. Bib. Vereeniging Boekhandel IV, p. 247; Bibliopolis (www.kb.nl/coop/bibliop/bibl-html/) veilingen (1 copy); Karlsruher Virt. Kat. (3 copies); OCLC World.Cat. (1 copy); STCN (1 copy); for Van Damme: NNBW II, 363.Catalogue for the auction of books from the libraries of Andrea Gritti (1455-1528), Doge of Venice; D.A.J. Salanova, Canon of Valencia and Spain; and J.F. de Voisin, Flemish jurist. Bibliopolis notes that the books had come into the stock of the Amsterdam bookseller Pieter van Damme (1727-1806), although his name does not appear in the catalogue. At the end of the last part is a 7-page list of 155 coins and medals, along with the cabinet that held them, painted by Nicolaas Verkolje (1673-1746). Van Damme, a member of the Amsterdam booksellers guild since 1756, started selling off his stock after he had secured himself an income by marrying a wealthy lady. The stock was sold at auction on two occasions, in 1764 and the present 1669. Most of Van Damme's coin and medal collection was acquired by King Louis Napoleon of the Netherlands in 1809 and survives in the Koninklijk Penningkabinet.With the title-page loose at the head, but still a good copy. Binding rubbed. Interesting catalogue of books and coins & medals.