_Old Books._--I notice some of your correspondents, having fancied that
they have picked up at some old book-stall an invaluable treasure, are
coolly told by others more learned, "It would be a bad exchange for a
shilling;" and, again, "If it cost three shillings and sixpence, the
purchaser was most unfortunate."
May I ask the value of the following? They came into possession of my
family about thirty years ago:
"Epitome Thesauri antiquitatum hoc est Impp. Rom. orientalium et
occidentalium Iconum ex antiquis numismatibus quam fidelissime
delineatum.
"Ex Musaeo Jacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquatum.
"Lugduni, apud Jacobum de Strada et Thomam Guercinum, MDLIII. (1553).
Cum Privilegio Regio."
Handsomely got up; gilt edges, pp. 339. Also,
"Sommario delle vite de gl'Imperiatore Romani da C. Giolio Cesare sino
a Ferdinando II., con le loro effigie Causte dalle Medaglie: In Roma
apresso, Lodovico Grignani, MDCXXXVII, pp. 80."