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[Plantin Press - Numismatics] DIVAEUS, Petrus De Galliae Belgicae antiquitatibus lib. I. statum eius quem sub Romanorum imperio habuit complectens. Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 8vo: 62-[pp. (lacking final blank, cut short shaving marginalia). Old calf (exp. rebacked), richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed), red leather title label, red sp. edges. Good copy. Original ed. of a study of the (Roman) antiquities of the southern part of the Low Countries by the Leuven historian Divaeus (1535-1581). Woodcut mark on title. Folding engraved map. Ref. BT - Voet (Plantin Press) - Adams D-- Pettegree NB - Not in Sorgeloos. Prov. "Henr. Ios. Rega Med. Doct: Proff. Prim.", i.e. the Leuven professor of medicine Henri-Joseph Rega (1690-(large armorial bookpl. on front endpaper). - At bottom of Rega’s bookpl. ownership entry of "C. F. Custis I.V.L." (1704-1752), Bruges lawyer, historian and collector. - Library st. on 1st title. Bound with: Chifflet, C. - De numismate antiquo liber posthumus. Accedit Erycii Puteani Pecuniae Romanae ratio. Ejusdem Chiffletii De Ammiani Marcellini uita, & libris Monobiblion. Leuven, C. Coenesteyn, (pt. 1627). [14]-161-[3], [8]-pp. (lacking initial blank). Treatise on ancient numismatics by the French lawyer Claude Chifflet (1541-1580), here dedicated by Jules Chifflet to Cardinal de la Cueva. Engr. arms of the dedicatee. With the notes on Ammianus Marcellinus, published in and added to a number of copies of “De numismate”. Ref. Dekesel C-- STCV.