Google has scanned Domenico Sestini's 1826 book Sopra i moderni falsificatori di medaglie Greche antiche nei tre metalli e descrizione di tutte quelle prodote dai medesimi nello spazio di pochi anni (“On the modern forgers of ancient Greek medals in the three metals and description of all produced by them in the space of a few years”).
Google's copy was scanned at the University of Ghent in March.
I believe this is the oldest illustrated book on fakes meant to deceive coin collectors. There are four plates of drawings. Imagine the difficulty of the collector or dealer in 1826 with this book in determining if a particular ancient coin was a die match for Sestini's drawings.
Harvard Art Museums added to BIGR
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Thanks to the work of Simon Glenn (Ashmolean Musem, Oxford) and Laure
Marest (Harvard Art Museums), 19 coins from Harvard Art Museums have been
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