Spanheim, Ezechiel, 1629-1710 (diplomat, scholar and antiquarian)
Biography
Ezechiel Spanheim (1629-1710), Calvinist diplomat and antiquarian, was one of the founders of numismatics. Roger Gale is probably the antiquarian who became the first vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries. He lived from 1672 to 1744.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Ezechiel Spanheim: Numismata Imperatoria
52 folios: (p. vii) E. Spanheim, 'Numismata imperatoria secundum varios Raritatis Gradus', in Latin; (p. 32) Roger Gale, 'Essay towards the Recovery of the Courses of the four great Roman Ways', in English. Inside the front cover is the bookplate of Sir Henry Edward Bunbury, Bart.