Fig. 18. — I rriE I'ace IVdiii jubcirs /../ Sciniri' 

 d:\ iiii'i/fiil/n (piiiild (iiiirlrsN- Bil)licill]i"-(HR' 

 X.ilidnaic, Pjiis), 



it is slill siiiprisiiiL; lo Icirii (if ihc siiiinioi si,m,-|.n-<is 

 lli.lilll.iiiir.i l,s ill,- iiiciiiliiTs of lliis groiii) ,111(1 ihr 

 cxacliiiL; iiiclhocls iisrcl in llirir (lisriissii)iis. A < li.il- 

 lcn<^in<; enterprise indeed, since ii sncreeded in (.ip. 

 li\alinn hir Iwn \e,ns a ni.in as learned ,is Sp.niheim. 



I>> Older t(i prdniule inlorniation ol a lirciader 

 naliiic, certain authors tried to jirescnt a s\ nupsis ul, 



or an introdni lion to, the entire lukl of n isnialics. 



A Geinian, Tileniann I'l iese, (crtainK made a re- 

 niarkalile attempt m this (hreition in \^''2. While 

 the linal thiee Imoks ol his M iintz-S'/iii-i;r! (( ioin Miiroi ) 

 Con\-enlinnall\- presented ,1 descriptiiui ul (Jiiinan 

 coinaL;es, his lirst I louk eslalilished them within the 

 Iramewdik cjI a ijeneral thecir\ of coins an nnusnal 

 approach for those times. .Moul; siniiLn' lines the 

 Jesuit l.nher Lonis joliert's hook on the siii-nce cif 

 coins, /.ij Sill III I' i/i \ riii',liiilli\. scr\cd lor iiearK- two 

 centuries as ,1 lirst-rate releicnce woik (liu. ISi. 

 I'nlilished Inst in Paris in l(i'i2, it was rc-ediicd in 

 1718 in (ierm.ni, in 1728 in l)nlch and ll.ilian, and 

 still later in a very popular I'lench edition li\ l')imard 

 cle La liastille in Paris in 173'). 



E\ en lor l^th- anti 1 8th-centnr\' m.ni a general 

 cons|ieclus ol nnmismalic pnl ilic ations, ,is toda\'. was 

 almost impossil lie. Hooks and pamphlets of e\er\' 

 sort alKjiHulcd, conlusing the niuraineil peison in 

 settrch of inlormation and rendering sei iou^ reseaich 

 lor tlie scholar more ,md more dilhcult. .\s an 

 approach to the piiiMem. 1 >il iliograpliical h.mdiiooks 

 which I'onhl give a good s\ nopsis of the \arions 

 spccializetl pnl ilic.il ions were ((inipiled during the 

 InDDs. Philipp l.,iliKe's Hih/inl/in n .\ iiiiiiiiiinn ildtill 

 lound a lolldw<-r m B. H. Slru\e"s liihlmlliii n iiiiiiii\- 

 iiiiilit II iiiiliijiini inn ( Ul') 1 1 : lidl h were e\lensi\ el\ en 1 a f',; I'd 

 I ly johann C'. 1 liisch's liihliulhr, n iiiiiiii\iiiiili, u. pui ilishcd 

 almost a ccntitrv later, in 1761), at .Xnremherg. 



EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 



With the acKiait of tlie 18th century which pro- ni.m ol the im(|ne((nlo l.ided aw.i\ in m.m\ in- 



duced the ffreat cultural r<'\()littions, the I'reni h lai( v- si 



stances an( 



I were icplacid i 



\ a mill e mm 



leihali 



clopcdists, Rousseau and X'oltaire, (loethe and interest in (ontempoi ary lile. I he l.li/.ihi dian cul- 



Kant — a new spirit penetrated all the sciences. The lural achieMinenl in l.ngland and the liiilhaiit rise 



nai\c curiosity of the past ga\e wa\- to a more rigorous ol I'lench ail .mil htii.ilurc diiiiug the leign ol 



a|)|)roach: the casual treatmcnl of materials, often l.ouis \l\' ga\e people more conhdcnce in their 



hapha/ardl\- accumulated, was rephiied liy more own creations. 



methodical arrangements: new fields, heretofore < oni- iXiimismaiics, as did .so many of the other scii-nces, 



Ijletely disregarded or disdained, c.une into impor- licuelncd fiom this new trend, and new lields were 



tance. The ancient ideals which had inspired the opened for research. I he old sSslem ol publishing 



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