Imhoof-Blumer, F. CHOIX DE MONNAIES GRECQUES DE LA COLLECTION DE F. IMHOOF-BLUMER. Deuxième édition. Paris and Leipzig: Rollin et Feuardent and Koehler’s Antiquarium, 1883. Folio [35.5 by 27.5 cm], contemporary red cloth, gilt. (6) pages; 9 engraved plates; binder’s leaves added for bulk. Binding a bit worn, with front joint cracking; some annotations; some spotting. Very good or so. A rare supplement to the author’s Monnaies grecques, issued the same year with 9 phototype plates. It publishes coins from Imhoof-Blumer’s own collection. The introduction to the index states: “La table explicative des planches dont la première édition de ce recueil était précédée, est remplacée ici par une simple énumération des 268 pièces gravées, dont chaque numéro est suivi de l’indication de la page et du numéro correspondant des monnaies grecques, où j’ai donné la description de toutes ces monnaies.” Daehn 2062.
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![[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]. Brett, Agnes Baldwin. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON: CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS. First edition. Bo](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35818/2891609/1138-2013121316247_468x382.jpg)
[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]. Brett, Agnes Baldwin. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON: CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS. First edition. Boston, 1955. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt. Fine frontispiece; xvi, 340, (2) pages; 115 very fine plates of coins. Very near fine. [with] Comstock, Mary, and Cornelius Vermeule. GREEK COINS: 1950 TO 1963. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1964. 4to, later tan linen; leather spine label, gilt; original pictorial card covers. 78 pages; 30 fine plates. Fine. The scarce original edition of the main work, featuring photographically printed plates far superior to those in the reprint. Includes the 1964 supplement. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. Daehn 1917: “The collection is highly regarded for its fine, artistic specimens and broad scope. Also notable is the large group of Cyzicene electrum coins.” Grierson 54–55. Kroh 10: “It publishes 2,348 coins … all very high quality with many of the extreme rarities in the Greek series. Some of these coins were sold by Numismatic Fine Arts in 1980 … and so one or two may now reside in your collection.” The supplement is Georges Le Rider’s copy.
![[Virzi]. ANCIENT BRONZE COINS OF MAGNA-GRAECIA AND SICILY. 77 original annotated photographic plates illustrating 2238 coins,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35818/2891609/1145-2013121316326_468x382.jpg)
[Virzi]. ANCIENT BRONZE COINS OF MAGNA-GRAECIA AND SICILY. 77 original annotated photographic plates illustrating 2238 coins, with a bound volume consisting of a photographically reproduced manuscript providing complete handwritten descriptions. Separate listing of the provenances of the Italian coins included. Plates measure 23.5 by 18 cm and are near fine. Booklet containing descriptions with rear board detached and a number of pages loose. Materials generally near fine. Original box for the group splitting at seams. Ex Robert J. Myers library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 118, lot 330). A privately produced catalogue of Tom Virzi’s collection. An assistant to Jacob Hirsch, Virzi formed one of the great collections in this area, some of which was sold by Hirsch himself in 1907, but most of which remained intact until Bank Leu offered 300 pieces in 1973 and Alex Malloy sold others in 1980. The photographs are original impressions and are very important: the Leu sale offered only 300 of the coins. The photographer is unknown: Myers acquired these directly from Virzi’s library, following Virzi’s death.
![[Warren]. Regling, Kurt. DIE GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN DER SAMMLUNG WARREN. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1906. Two volumes. 4to, text bound](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35818/2891609/1147-2013121316338_468x382.jpg)
[Warren]. Regling, Kurt. DIE GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN DER SAMMLUNG WARREN. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1906. Two volumes. 4to, text bound in white linen-backed boards; blue morocco spine label, gilt; plates in original gray cloth-backed printed boards. viii, 264; (2) pages; Berichtigungen leaf; 37 superb autotype plates of coins. Both volumes signed by Georges Le Rider. Fine. Georges Le Rider’s set of this scarce catalogue. Clain-Stefanelli 1935*. Daehn 2094: “A catalogue of the collection of Edward P. Warren, a well-known English connoisseur of Greek art, comprised of 1769 ancient Greek coins of the highest artistic merit. The Boston Museum later acquired 1419 of these coins which were re-published in Brett’s catalogue in 1955.” Grierson 57.
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. THE ROYAL COLLECTION OF COINS AND MEDALS, DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM. Copenhagen, 1942–79. First editions. Forty-two parts, lacking only one volume [36, Syria: Cities] for completion, accompanied by the 2002 Supplement, as follows: 1: ITALY. PART I: ETRURIA–CAMPANIA. 1942. 2: ITALY. PART II: APULIA–LUCANIA: METAPONTUM. 1942. 3: ITALY. PART III: LUCANIA: POSEIDONIA–BRUTTIUM. 1942. 4: SICILY. PART I: ABACAENUM–PETRA. 1942. 5: SICILY. PART II: SEGESTA–SARDINIA. 1942. 6: THRACE. PART I: THE TAURIC CHERSONESE–THRACE: MESEMBRIA. 1942. 7: THRACE. PART II: ODESSUS–SESTUS. ISLANDS, KINGS AND DYNASTS. 1943. 8: MACDEONIA. PART I: ACANTHUS–URANOPOLIS. DYNASTS. 1943. 9: MACEDONIA PART II: ALEXANDER I–ALEXANDER III. 1943. 10: : MACEDONIA PART III: PHILIP III–PHILIP VI. MACEDONIA UNDER THE ROMANS. KINGS OF PAEONIA. 1943. 11: THESSALY–ILLYRICUM. 1943. 12: EPIRUS–ACARNANIA. 1943. 13: AETOLIA–EUBOEA. 1944. 14: ATTICA–AEGINA. 1944. 15: CORINTH. 1944. 16: PHLIASIA–LACONIA. 1944. 17: ARGOLIS–AEGEAN ISLANDS. 1944. 18: BOSPORUS–BITHYNIA. 1944. 19: MYSIA. 1945. 20: TROAS. 1945. 21: AEOLIS–LESBOS. 1945. 22: : IONIA. PART I: CLAZOMENAE–EPHESUS. 1946. 23: IONIA. PART II: ERYTHRAE–PRIENE. 1946. 24: : IONIA. PART III: SMYRNA–TEOS ISLANDS. 1946. 25: CARIA. PART I: ALABANDA–ORTHOSIA. 1947. 26: : CARIA. PART II: SEBASTOPOLIS–TRAPEZOPOULOS. SATRAPS–ISLANDS. 1947. 27: LYDIA. PART I: ACRASAS–SAÏTTA. 1947. 28: LYDIA. PART II: SALA–TRIPOLIS. 1947. 29: : PHRYGIA. PART I: ABBAÏTIS–EUMENEIA. 1948. 30: : PHRYGIA. PART II: GRIMENOTHYRAE–TRAJANOPOLIS. 1948. 31: LYCIA–PAMPHYLIA. 1955. 32: PISIDIA. 1956. 33: LYCAONIA–CILICIA. 1956. 34: : CYPRUS–CAPPADOCIA, UNCERTAIN COINS, IMPERIAL CISTOPHORI. 1955. 35: SYRIA, SELEUCID KINGS. 1959. 37: PHOENICIA. 1961. 38: PALESTINE–CHARACENE. 1961. 39: PARTHIA–INDIA. 1965. 40: EGYPT: THE PTOLEMIES. 1977. 41: ALEXANDRIA-CYRENAICA. 1974. 42: NORTH AFRICA, SYRTICA–MAURETANIA. 1969. 43: SPAIN-GAUL. 1979: SUPPLEMENT. ACQUISITIONS 1942–1996. 2002: Forty-three volumes in all, comprising 625 mostly very fine photographically printed plates of coins accompanied by introductory and descriptive text (the final two volumes were issued with halftone plates). Folio, various bindings (original printed card covers; russet cloth; red cloth; most volumes in contemporary brown quarter calf, gilt); a number of volumes bound more than one per volume. The leatherbound volumes, comprising two-thirds or so of the fascicles, are rather worn, though contents are generally fine or nearly so. The classic SNG set, used constantly throughout the trade. While the halftone reproductions in the 1982 reprint are of decent quality, the original collotype plates are far superior and allow for magnification of detail. Clain-Stefanelli 1912*. Daehn 1982. Grierson 56. Kroh 13 (five stars): “It is the largest and most complete of all SNG’s and it utilized extensively by both scholars and the trade. The coverage is extensive and both the quality of material as well as the research is very good. An astonishing 583 plates illustrate most of the 22,012 coins… Original full sets are very rare...”
Muret, Ernest, and M.A. Chabouillet. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES GAULOISES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. Paris, 1889. Large 4to, contemporary brown morocco with marbled boards; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; all pages edges marbled. xxvii, (1), 327 (1) pages. Binding a touch worn, with spine label; interiors fine. [with] La Tour, Henri de. ATLAS DE MONNAIES GAULOISES, PRÉPARÉ PAR LA COMMISSION DE TOPOGRAPHIE DES GAULES ET PUBLIÉ SOUS LES AUSPICES DU MINISTÈRE DE L’INSTRUCTION PUBLIQUE. Paris, 1892. Folio [38 by 28 cm], handsomely bound in contemporary red quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. (4), iv, (2), 12 pages; 55 handsome plates of coins, engraved by Dardel. Binding a bit rubbed; plates remarkably fresh and free of the usual spotting. Near fine. An unusually nice set of the text and well-engraved plates recording this exceptional collection. Rarely offered together. Babelon 149: “Henri de la Tour’s Atlas de monnaies gauloises… an indispensable guide to the coins of Gaul, has as its corollary the Catalogue des monnaies gauloises de la Bibliothèque nationale written by Ernest Muret and completed and published after his death by Chabouillet and La Tour.” Clain-Stefanelli 5144 and 5139*. Daehn 2584 and 2542. Grierson 95.
Forrer, Robert. LES MONNAIES GAULOISES OU CELTIQUES TROUVÉES EN ALSACE. Mulhouse, 1925. 8vo, original printed wraps. 116 pages; text illustrations; 7 plates. Very good. Apparently the author’s copy of this rare volume, with his signature and address on the inside front cover, and with occasional notes thoughout. Grierson 97.
Carelli, Francisco. NUMMORUM VETERUM ITALIAE, QUOS IPSE COLLEGIT, ET ORDINE GEOGRAPHICO DISPOSUIT DESCRIPTIO. Neapoli, 1812. (4), 152 pages; 200 finely engraved plates of coins, some folding. [bound with] (Avellinius, Franciscus M.). NUMORUM VETERUM ITALIAE DESCRIPTIONEM ADNOTATIONES ACCESSIT DE NEAPOLITANORUM NUMO ANECDOTO EPISTOLA AD CL. V. NIEBUHRIUM. Neapoli, 1834. (4), 20 pages; 1 alphabet plate. Folio, later brown half cloth and mottled boards, gilt. Signed by Hermann Weber on the opening blank. Small spine label from private library. Fine. Hermann Weber’s copy of this rare and extraordinary work, of which only 100 copies were printed for private circulation. The 1834 supplement by Franciscus M. Avellinius, bound in with this copy, makes the text equally complete with that of the 1850 edition. The most extensive collection of the coins of Magna Graecia formed up to that time, including many coins unknown to Mionnet and other eminent numismatists of the era. Babelon 131. Brunet 29830 note. Graesse 46. Leitzmann 19. Mommsen (Histoire de la monnaie romaine, IV): “Ce catalogue d’une collection remarquable et exceptionellement riche, surtout en monnaies de l’Italie meridionale, est fait avec soin de donne tous les poids, meme ceux des monnaies de cuivre. La collection Carelli est aujord’hui en Musée de Naples.”
Magnan, P. Domenico. BRUTTIA NUMISMATICA, SEU BRUTTIÆ, HODIÈ CALABRIÆ, POPULORUM NUMISMATA OMNIA, IN VARIIS PER EUROPAM NUMMOPHYLACIIS ACCURATÈ DESCRIPTA, NEC NON ALIQUA ALIA EX IAM EDITIS DEPROMPTA. Romæ: Apud Archangelum Casaletti Typographum, Et Josephum Monaldini Bibliopolam, 1773. Folio [45.5 by 30 cm], original paper boards. xii pages; title within a finely engraved border; text within a woodcut border; 124 engraved plates comprised of a finely engraved map of Bruttia and an engraved size chart (on 1 leaf), and 122 finely engraved plates of coins (on 49 leaves), the final leaf of coin plates serving as a frontispiece. Printed throughout on thick stock. Binding a bit worn and discolored but sound, a negligible stain at the inner bottom margin of most leaves. A pleasing unsophisticated example. Near fine. Ex the Collection of William P. Palmer, Western Reserve Historical Society, with its engraved bookplate. Apparently very rare, as are Magnani’s other specialized numismatic works published in the 1770s. It was a major illustrated contribution to the numismatics of the Greek provinces of southern Italy. Ex Kolbe Sale 102, lot 117. Babelon 120. Brunet 29833. Cicognara 2915. Lipsius 242.
Magnan, P. Domenico. LUCANIA NUMISMATICA, SEU LUCANIÆ POPULORUM NUMISMATA OMNIA, IN VARIIS PER EUROPAM NUMMOPHYLACIIS ACCURATÈ DESCRIPTA, NECNON ALIQUA ALIA EX IAM EDITIS DEPROMPTA. Romæ: Apud (Venantium Monaldini) / (Gregorium Settari) Bibliop., 1775. 4to [27.5 by 21 cm], contemporary marbled paper over stiff boards; light red spine label, gilt; all page edges yellow. xviii pages; title within a finely engraved border; text within woodcut borders; finely engraved map of Lucania; engraved size chart; 48 engraved plates of coins (on 42 leaves). Printed throughout on luxurious thick paper. Extremities rubbed; else fine. An exceptionally fine production. Apparently rare, as are Magnani’s earlier numismatic works published in the 1770s. Babelon 120. Brunet 29832. Hennin 123. Not in Lipsius, Cicognara, or the American Numismatic Society Dictionary Catalogue.
Ravel, Oscar E. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF TARENTINE COINS FORMED BY M.P. VLASTO. First edition. London: Spink, 1947. Small folio, contemporary green cloth-backed boards, gilt. xi, (1), 195, (1) pages; frontispiece; portrait plate; 53 fine phototype plates of coins. Binding a bit worn; one plate bound on wrong side; very good or better. Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 2140*. Daehn 2856: “The catalogue of Michel P. Vlasto’s collection of the coinage of Tarentum, the most complete collection of this coinage ever formed.” Grierson 64. Kroh 17 (5 stars): “the standard reference for these as it contains nearly all known types in spectacular condition (and most were dispersed through the marketplace).”
Sambon, Arthur. LES MONNAIES ANTIQUES DE L’ITALIE. TOME PREMIER: FASCICULE I–V. ÉTRURIE–OMBRIE–PICENUM–SAMNIUM–CAMPANIE (CUMES ET NAPLES). Paris, 1903–(1904). Five parts complete, bound in one volume. 4to, contemporary half vellum, lettered and decorated in black. (4), v, (2), 8–445, (1) pages; text figures of coins; 1161 detailed descriptions; 5 very fine phototype plates of coins. Near fine. H. Gabrici’s copy, with his numismatically themed bookplate. All published. Rare and still important. Clain-Stefanelli 2047*. Daehn 2701. Ex M&M sale of June 1975.
Sambon, L. RECHERCHES SUR LES ANCIENNES MONNAIES DE L’ITALIE MÉRIDIONALE. Naples: Imprimerie de Joseph Cataneo, 1863. 4to, contemporary red quarter morocco; spine with five raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt. (8), 242, (2) pages. Binding lightly rubbed. Near fine. Georges Le Rider’s copy of this rare work. Clain-Stefanelli 2076. Daehn 2702.
Giesecke, Walther. SICILIA NUMISMATICA: DIE GRUNDLAGEN DES GRIECHISCHEN MÜNZWESENS AUF SICILIEN. Leipzig, 1923. 4to, original tan cloth and boards lettered in brown. v, (1), 188 pages; a few text illustrations; 27 fine plates of coins. Fine. Georges Le Rider’s exceptionally nice copy of this important work, often found with a badly cracked binding. Clain-Stefanelli 2183: “Valuable for its metrological tables.” Daehn 2929: “The original has excellent plates.”
Orville, Jacob Philipp d’. SICULA, QUIBUS SICILAE VETERIS RUDERA, ADDITIS ANTIQUITATUM TABULIS, ILLUSTRANTUR. EDITIT, ET COMMENTARIUM AD NUMISMATA SICULA, XX TABULIS AENEIS INCISA, ET AD TRES INSCRIPTIONES MAJORES, GELOAM, TAUROMENITANAM, ET RHEGINAM; NEC NON MINORUM INSCRIPTIONUM SYLLOGEN, ORATIONEM IN AUCTORIS OBITUM, ET PRAEFATIONEM ADJECIT PETRUS BURMANNUS SECUNDUS. PARS PRIMA & PARS SECUNDUS. Amstelaedami: Apud Gerardum Tielenburg, 1764. Folio [38 by 25 cm], handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf; sides decoratively paneled in gilt; flat spine richly decorated in gilt; crimson morocco label, gilt; marbled page edges. (4), iv, xl, xi, (3), 276, (20); (2), viii, (3), 280–675, (1) pages; superbly engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by J. Houbraken dated 1762; finely engraved title vignette incorporating a triskele; finely engraved dedication vignette; woodcut initials and tailpieces; engraved size scale; occasional text engravings; 34 finely engraved plates, 17 folding (1 or 2 oversize), depicting temples, antiquities, plans, ruins, friezes, monuments, lead seals, etc.; 20 finely engraved plates of ancient coins of Sicily. Skillfully rebacked with the original spine laid on; occasional intermittent browning in the first Part. Fine. Rare. A great classic work on ancient Sicily by Jacob Philip Lord d’Orville of Amsterdam (1696–1751), edited by Pieter Burman II and published posthumously. A noted critic and scholar, he also collaborated with Pieter Burman I on the multi-volume Observationes Miscellaneæ. His manuscripts were purchased by the University of Oxford. Sandys considers Sicula to be Orville’s “greatest work.” Ex Ferdinando Bassoli, with his bookplate; ex Nicola Tamma, 2000. Brunet 29384: “Ouvrage fort estimé.” Daehn 2966. Hennin 126. Lipsius 300.
Paruta, Philip, and Leonard Augustini. SICILIA NUMISMATICA, NUNC PRIMUM ADDITIS HUBERTI GOLTZII ALIORUMQUE SICILIAE DESCRIPTIONE, & IN NUMISMATA SINGULA EXPLICATIONIBUS; INGENTI NUMERO TABULARUM, EDITA SPARSIM APUD ALIOS & INEDITA NUMISMATA COMPLECTENTIUM, LOCUPLETATA, & PERPETUO COMMENTARIO ILLUSTRATA, STUDIO & INDUSTRIA SIGEBERTI HAVERCAMPI… DIVISA IN TRES PARTES. PARS PRIMA–PARS TERTIA. Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Excudit Petrus Vander Aa, 1723. Three volumes, bound in one. Folio [44 by 28 cm], contemporary full brown calf; red page edges. (8), (7) [lettered a–g] pages, (6) [lettered h–n, omitting j], 4 double columns, 5–10 pages, 11–1248 double columns, 1257–1306 double columns [the hiatus being called for], (108) double columns, (3) pages; title printed in red and black with engraved oval vignette; engraved size scale; engraved frontispiece plate of Sigebert Havercamp; text engravings and woodcuts; 247 engraved plates (numbered 1–233 plus 14 bis plates), mostly depicting coins. Only first title page present. Binding very worn, with spine essentially perished and only the cords forming the basis of the raised bands remaining; text block split in two. In need of restoration, but an untrimmed and attractive copy deserving of such treatment. Ex ANS Library, with their bookplate. The best edition of this important treatise, by far the most important work on the topic up to that time. It originally formed volumes VI, VII, & VIII of Grævius’s renowned Thesaurus antiquitatum Siciliæ. Babelon 90. Bassoli 54: “Paruta’s book was translated into Latin, under the title Sicilia numismatica. This expanded version was the definitive edition… Edited by Siegbert Havercamp.” Brunet 25813. Cicognara 2959. Hennin 125. Hirsch 100. Lipsius 306. Bassoli 54: “This expanded version was the definitive edition, the existing 153 plates being expanded to 237 to bring the work up to date.”
Salinas, Antonio. LE MONETE DELLE ANTICHE CITTÀ DI SICILIA DESCRITTE E ILLUSTRATE. Palermo: Francesco Lao, 1867. Folio, somewhat later red half calf; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; red marker; original 1872-dated printed front card cover bound in. xvi, 5–52 pages; 19 engraved plates. Last two text leaves badly stained and repaired at margins. Binding a bit Cracked. Good. The rare and important original printing of this fundamental work on Sicilian numismatics. Babelon discusses the unusual publication history of this volume in the Traité (as translated by Elizabeth Saville: “Antonio Salinas, Keeper of the Museo di Palermo, concentrated his research on the coins of Sicily. ... Having taken the lead of the movement in Sicilian numismatics in which Abbé Ugdulena, Giuseppe Romano, and Giovanni Fraccia, of Palermo, were also involved, Salinas had the idea of replacing Torremuzza’s old work and putting together a new general compendium of Sicilian coins. The care with which the plates were engraved, and the knowledge the author demonstrated, makes the prolonged suspension of this great project most regrettable”). Babelon wrote at a time (1901) when only the present volume (fascicles 1 to 7, with 19 plates) had been published. It took until 1922 for the project so ably begun by Salinas to be even partially completed, with the publication of additional (if incomplete) fascicles and plates. Among other things, Salinas’s work included the first description of the Aitna tetradrachm. This original edition is very rarely offered. Clain-Stefanelli 2203*. Daehn 2974.
Särström, Margit. A STUDY IN THE COINAGE OF THE MAMERTINES. Lund, 1940. 8vo, original printed card covers. (2), xv, (1), 182, (2) pages; 54 fine plates. Title page loose; unopened; still near fine. Georges Le Rider’s copy of this scarce work, with his bookplate. Clain-Stefanelli 2238*. Daehn 3227. Grierson 62. Kroh 20: “examines the Æ coinage struck in Messana while under the occupation of Oscan mercenaries named the Mamertini from 288 to 278 BC. A good corpus.”
Schwabacher, Willy. DIE TETRADRACHMENPRÄGUNG VON SELINUNT. München: in Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, 1925. Entire volume present, bound with the 1926 volume. 8vo, later black cloth-backed marbled boards. xiii, (1), 185, (1); (6), 316 pages; 9 + 15 fine plates [Schwabacher’s article comprises pages 1–89 with 3 fine plates]. Fine. Rare. Clain-Stefanelli 2254*. Kroh 20. Daehn 3083.
Newell, Edward T. REATTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN TETRADRACHMS OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT. New York: Reprinted from the American Journal of Numismatics, 1911–12. 4to, blue cloth and marbled boards; black spine label, gilt. 62, (2) pages; 30 plates of coins. Near fine. Georges Le Rider’s copy, though not indicated as such (the binding style is his). A very scarce work, inscribed by the author and with a fine provenance. Clain-Stefanelli 2344*: “Essential study.” Daehn 3428: “A study of Alexander tetradrachms based on the Demanhur hoard found in 1905, which contained about 8000 Alexander-type coins. A reassessment of Müller’s attributions.”
May, J.M.F. AINOS: ITS HISTORY AND COINAGE, 474–341 B.C. First edition. London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1950. 8vo, original navy blue cloth, gilt. xvi, (2), 288 pages; maps; 10 fine double-page plates of coins. Gift inscription; institutional bookplate; previous owner’s bookplate. Very good. A rare and important work by John Maunsell Frampton May. Clain-Stefanelli 2378*. Daehn 3694: “A die study of the coins of Ainos.” Grier- Son 61.
![Mushmov [Mouchmov], N.A. АНТИЧНИТѣ МОНЕТИ НА БАЛКАНСКИЯ ПОЛУОСТРОВЪ И МОНЕТИТѣ НА БЪЛГАРСКИТѣ ЦАРЕ. Sofia, 1912. 8vo, origina](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/35818/2891609/1279-20131213161428_468x382.jpg)
Mushmov [Mouchmov], N.A. АНТИЧНИТѣ МОНЕТИ НА БАЛКАНСКИЯ ПОЛУОСТРОВЪ И МОНЕТИТѣ НА БЪЛГАРСКИТѣ ЦАРЕ. Sofia, 1912. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. xx, 509, (1) pages; 2 text illustrations; 70 full-page plates of coins. Inscribed on the title to Prof. B. Pick by the author. Binding a bit loose from use. Very good. Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli’s copy, with his diminutive stamp; originally Behrendt Pick’s copy, inscribed to him by the author. Very rare and still important. Covers ancient through medieval coins. Clain-Stefanelli 7248*. Daehn 3612: “A comprehensive catalogue of 7640 coins, particularly strong in the Roman Provincial coins of Moesia and Thrace.”
Müller, L. DIE MÜNZEN DES THRACISCHEN KÖNIGS LYSIMACHUS. Kopenhagen: Bianco Luno’s Buchdruckerei durch F.S. Muhle, 1858. Crown 4to, contemporary russet cloth and marbled boards; red morocco spine label, gilt. (6), 92 pages; 9 engraved plates. Light wear. Near fine. Georges Le Rider’s copy. An old classic work, still useful. Clain-Stefanelli 2403*. Daehn 3671.
Rogers, Edgar. THE COPPER COINAGE OF THESSALY. London, 1932. 8vo, later crimson quarter morocco with marbled sides; flat spine lettered in gilt; original printed wraps bound in. (2), 199, (5) pages; text illustrations. Annotated in pencil throughout, including a rarity scale. Fine. Georges Le Rider’s lovely copy. Quite scarce and still useful. In addition to providing a rarity scale, the annotations throughout offer corrections and other notes made by Kreindler in consultation with BCD. Clain-Stefanelli 2444. Daehn 3880: “Presents a catalogue of 577 copper coins, including some Roman Provincial issues… The main types are photographed throughout. Includes a general index as well as indices of types, magistrates, and emperors.”
Petsalis, A. ΕΥΒΟïΚΗ ΝΟΜΙΣΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Athens, 1936. Included in Αρχειον Ευβοικων Μελετων. 8vo, modern half brown morocco; spine with two raised bands, lettered in brown; original printed card covers bound in. Entire issue present [Petsalis’s article comprises pages 9–21]. (9)–190, (2) pages; 8 fine plates (7 of them of coins), bound in mounted on cardstock. Fine. A rare work, little known.
Svoronos, Jean N., and Behrend Pick. TRÉSOR DE LA NUMISMATIQUE GRECQUE ANCIENNE: LES MONNAIES D’ATHÈNES. First edition. Munich: Sté Ame F. Bruckmann Éditeurs, 1923–26. Folio, original publisher’s tan cloth case, lettered in brown; contents loose. (4), (2), xix, (1) pages; 114 very fine plates of coins depicting 4671 coins. Case a bit worn, with flaps loose or lacking; contents fine. A magnificent production and the author’s most important work. Svoronos had secured the collaboration of many of the principal numismatists of the day in order to “publish in full and according to a scientific ranking the rich treasure, largely unreported, contained in public and private collections around the world, by the efforts of a single generation of collectors.” He researched the holdings of some sixty public and private collections over a period of several years. After his death, the work was brought to publication by Behrend Pick and issued in six fascicules at a total price of 120 Swiss francs. Clain-Stefanelli 2524*. Daehn 4122. Grierson 61. Kroh 36 (four stars) and page 37 (five stars): “This is indubitably the most useful reference on Athenian coins ever published as it includes illustrations (from casts) of every coin known (usually with their weights in grammes) that was in all known public or private collections at the time, from ‘owls’ through the Imperial period. ... There were only 500 copies of the originals printed and they are extremely rare and virtually unobtainable. ... Essential!”
Fritze, Hans von. DIE MÜNZEN VON PERGAMON. Berlin: Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1910. Entire volume present [Fritze’s work comprises 108 pages, with 9 fine plates of coins]. 4to, original blue cloth; printed spine label. Near fine. Rarely offered. Clain-Stefanelli 2699. Daehn 4658.
Augé, Christian, Raoul Curiel, and Georges Le Rider. TERRASSES SACRÉES DE BARD-È NÉCHANDEH ET MASJID-I SOLAIMAN. LES TROUVAILLES MONÉTAIRES. Paris, 1979. Folio, original tan cloth-backed printed boards. xii, 186 pages; 20 fine plates. Fine. Mémoires de la Mission Archéologique en Iran, Tome XLIV. Very scarce. Coverage extends into the Roman eras. Co-author Georges Le Rider’s copy.
Schlumberger, Daniel. L’ARGENT GREC DANS L’EMPIRE ACHÉMÉNIDE. Paris: Université de Paris, 1953. Small 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 64 pages; 5 plates. Four-page handwritten letter to the author by Kenneth Jenkins, dated 31/7/53 on British Museum letterhead, laid in. Near fine. The author’s doctoral thesis. Rarely seen. Clain-Stefanelli 3072. Daehn 6239.
Seyrig, Henri. FIFTEEN OFFPRINTS. Various sources, 1939–59. 4to, russet cloth, gilt; original printed covers bound in throughout. Generally fine. An interesting volume, collecting 15 of Seyrig’s articles (not all on Syria). Includes “Les rois Séleucides et la concession de l’asylie,” “Cachets d’archives publiques de quelques villes de la Syrie romaine,” “Poids antiques de la Syrie et de la Phénicie sous la domination grecque et romaine,” “Irenopolis–Neronias–Sepphoris,” “Trésor monétaire de Nisibe,” “Monnaies contremarquées en Syrie,” “Parion au 3e siècle avant notre ère,” and others.
Betlyon, John Wilson. THE COINAGE AND MINTS OF PHOENICIA. THE PRE-ALEXANDRINE PERIOD. Chico, 1982. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. xi, (1), 171, (1) pages; 9 plates of coins. Near fine. A revision of the author’s doctoral dissertation presented to Harvard University, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, in 1978. Scarce. Daehn 5571.
Petrowicz, Alexander Ritter von. SAMMLUNG PETROWICZ. ARSACIDEN-MÜNZEN. Wien, 1904. 4to, later brown cloth, gilt. (2), vi, (4), 206, (2) pages; 25 fine plates of coins. Fine. The rare original edition of this work, privately printed and limited to 130 copies. Still important. Clain-Stefanelli 3029*. Daehn 6149: “A catalogue of the author’s collection of Parthian coins… Well illustrated.” Grierson 90.
Prinsep, H.T. NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL RESULTS, DEDUCIBLE FROM RECENT DISCOVERIES IN AFGHANISTAN. London: W.H. Allen and Co., 1844. 8vo, somewhat later maroon half morocco, gilt. vi (mis-numbered iv), (2), 124 pages; 17 well-engraved plates, mostly depicting coins; (2) pages of advertisements. A bit of spotting to plates; near fine. A rare work, based on the coin collection and notes of the author’s brother, James Prinsep. Ex J. Perdios, with his bookplate. Leitzmann 107.
Bayer, Franc. Perez. DE NUMIS HEBRAEO-SAMARITANIS. Valentiae Edetanorum (Valencia): Ex Officina Benedicti Montfort, 1781. Half title; title leaf; finely engraved portrait of Charles III of Spain; 6 printed leaves; 245, (1), xxi, (1), 12 pages; coin engraving on the title; engravings in the text; engraved initials; finely engraved headpiece and tailpiece; 7 of 8 finely engraved plates of coins [lacking plate called for facing page 190]; 2 engraved tables of inscriptions and alphabets. Lacking the frontispiece. [bound with] Bayer, Franc. Perez. NUMORUM HEBRAEO-SAMARITANORUM VINDICIAE. Valentiae Edetanorum (Valencia): Ex Officina Montfortiana, 1790. Half-title; title leaf; 4 printed leaves; 210, xxiv, 10 pages; finely engraved title vignette; fine engravings of coins in the text; engraved initials; finely engraved headpiece and tailpiece; 2 finely engraved plates of statuary; 1 engraved plate of alphabets; 1 finely engraved plate of coins. Lacking engraved portrait of Charles IV of Spain. 4to [30.5 by 23.5 cm], somewhat later full brown morocco; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges red. Fine. The first, and only, editions of these rare and attractively printed early works on ancient Jewish coins. The first work features the superb portrait of Charles III, which is often not present. Dekesel B166. Lipsius 26. Mayer 58. The second title complements the author’s 1781 publication but is considerably rarer. In part, it is a refutation of the arguments advanced by Oluf Gerhard Tychsen after publication of the initial work. Of these 1781 and 1790 Bayer volumes, Brunet notes: “Ces deux ouvrages sont fort estimés, et l’exécution typographique en est magnifique. Dekesel B167. Lipsius 26. Mayer 59.
Rosenberger, M. CITY-COINS OF PALESTINE. THE ROSENBERGER ISRAEL COLLECTION. VOL. I: CONTAINING AELIA KAPITOLINA, AKKO, ANTHEDON, ANTIPATRIS & ASCALON. VOL. II: CAESAREA, DIOSPOLIS, DORA, ELEUTHEROPOLIS, GABA, GAZA & JOPPA. VOL. III: HIPPOS-SUSSITA, NEAPOLIS, NICOPOLIS, NYSA-SCYTOPOLIS, CAESAREA-PANIAS, PELUSIUM, RAPHIA, SEBASTE, SEPPHORIS-DIOCAESAREA, TIBERIAS. Jerusalem, 1972, 1975 and 1977. Three volumes. 4to, original matching blue leatherette, gilt. (4), 68; (5), 79; (7), 86 leaves, printed on rectos only; illustrated throughout. Near fine. [with] Rosenberger, M. THE COINAGE OF EASTERN PALESTINE AND LEGIONARY COUNTERMARKS, BAR-KOCHBA OVERSTRUCKS. Jerusalem, 1978. 4to, original blue leatherette, gilt. vi, 84 leaves, printed on rectos only; illustrated throughout. Near fine. A complete set of Rosenberger’s important and very scarce catalogues. Clain-Stefanelli 2973. Not in Daehn. Kroh 60 (four stars): “the most inclusive reference for the city coinage of Palestine, with every coin illustrated either with photos or drawings next to the text. ... Although quite crudely made, they are invaluable for attributing these very elusive and usually poorly preserved coins.”
Saulcy, F. de. NUMISMATIQUE DE LA TERRE SAINTE. DESCRIPTION DES MONNAIES AUTONOMES ET IMPÉRIALES DE LA PALESTINE ET DE L’ARABIE PÉTRÉE. Paris: J. Rothschild, 1874. 4to, contemporary green half morocco; spin with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; Free Church College Library, Aberdeen crest impressed in gilt at top of spine. xv, (1), 406, (2) pages; 25 engraved plates of coins. Christ’s College Library, Aberdeen stamps. Binding rubbed; near fine. Rare and still important. Babelon 145. Clain-Stefanelli 927. Robinson 458.
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Agostini, Antonio. DIALOGOS DE MEDALLAS, INSCRICIONES [sic], Y OTRAS ANTIGUEDADES. EX BIBLIOTHECA ANTON. AUGUSTINI ARCHIEPISCOPI TARRACONEN. AL REY NUESTRO SEÑOR. POR MANO DE D. SEBASTIAN DE LA QUADRA. En Madrid: En la Oficina de Joseph Francisco Martinez Abad, en la Calle del Olivo Baxo, 1744. 4to [21 by 16 cm], contemporary or slightly later white quarter calf with mottled boards; spine ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; decorative endpapers. (12), 470 pages; woodcut vignette on title; finely engraved oval frontispiece portrait of the author in clerical garb; woodcut initials; engraved size chart; 51 charming engraved plates of ancient Roman coins. Contemporary annotations throughout. Very good or better. Apparently the final edition of Agostini’s celebrated study of ancient coins, first published in 1575. Sandys considered it to be a “masterpiece in classical archaeology”; Fulvio Orsini and Paolo Manuzio said of Agostini that he was the “vindicator and restorer of true learning,” and the “repository of all antiquity.” Based on the success of this work, Agostini is often regarded as the father of Spanish numismatics. Brunet 29249. Dekesel A85. Hirsch 2. Lipsius 6.
Akerman, J.Y. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RARE AND UNEDITED ROMAN COINS FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD OF THE ROMAN COINAGE, TO THE EXTINCTION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER CONSTANTINUS PALEOLOGOS. London: Effingham Wilson, 1834. Two volumes. 8vo [24 by 16.5 cm], matching 19th-century full brown polished calf; spines with five raised bands, rules in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges gilt. (2), xxi, (1), 506; (2), 512 pages; titles printed in red and black; 22 finely engraved plates of coins. Neatly annotated throughout in ink (see comments); inscribed to Captain William Henry Smyth by the author on a preliminary blank; gift inscription by Smyth’s widow to Rev. C. Lowndes below. A bit rubbed, but sound and attractive. Near fine. An extraordinary set of one of this prolific author’s most ambitious and popular works. Akerman, usually considered the father of the Royal Numismatic Society, was the most important figure in the early history of British numismatics. William Henry Smyth, to whom Akerman presented this set, was the author (in the same year) of Descriptive Catalogue of Roman Imperial Large-Brass Medals; he would go on to publish in 1856 an important work on the Duke of Northumberland’s collection. Akerman’s inscription reads, “To Captain Wm. Henry Smyth R.N. &c. &c. &c. with the best respects of his obliged servant J.Y. Akerman.” Captain Smythe (1788–1865), joined the navy at an early age and saw service in European, Indian, Chinese and Australian waters. He purchased coins widely, from dealers in Turkey, Greece, Italy and Africa, and also at auctions and through private contacts. This copy has been carefully annotated by Smyth with prices gleaned from Mionnet and from a list of 19 different auction sales (beginning with the Fairfax sale of 1751) given in manuscript at the beginning of the first volume. After Smyth’s death, this set was presented by his widow to Rev. C. Lowndes in 1865, “in memory of the esteem entertained for him by her lamented husband.” A wonderful association copy of this classic work. One of a small number printed with titles in red and black. Leitzmann 2.
Vaillant, J. NUMMI ANTIQUI FAMILIARUM ROMANARUM PERPETUIS INTERPRETATIONIBUS ILLUSTRATI. Amstelædami: Apud G. Gallet, 1703. First edition. Two volumes. Folio [31.5 by 21.5 cm], contemporary full French speckled calf; spines with six raised bands, lavishly decorated in gilt; red morocco spine labels, gilt; all page edges speckled. (22), 536; 576, (48) pages; finely engraved frontispiece by J. Mulder after J. Goeree; printed titles in red and black with a fine oval engraving; finely engraved dedication and other headpieces; 152 handsomely engraved plates of coins, each depicting the obverse and reverse of twelve coins. Bindings a bit worn, with first volume having top board neatly detached; contents near fine. Ex John William Montagu, the 7th Earl of Sandwich, with his bookplates. Among the scarcest of Vaillant’s major works. The plates are particularly attractive. Jean Foy Vaillant is considered to be the outstanding numismatic scholar of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, not only in France but throughout Europe. He traveled widely in search of unpublished ancient coins and medals for the royal numismatic collection under Colbert to Italy (no fewer than twelve times), Greece, Holland, England and, later in life, to Egypt and Persia. Babelon 99. Brunet 29805. Dekesel F164. Lipsius 410.
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[Biaggi]. (Biaggi di Blasys, Leo). PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF THE BIAGGI COLLECTION OF ROMAN GOLD COINS. Printed photographic images (high-quality halftones) depicting this enormous collection. 134 pages, depicting 2398 coins. Housed in two black binders. Fine. A useful and attractive record of Biaggi’s astonishing collection of (mostly) Roman gold coins. Important.
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[Hersh]. Hersh, Charles. INVENTORY OF THE CHARLES HERSH COLLECTION OF ROMAN REPUBLICAN COINS AND MACEDONIAN FRACTIONALS. Photocopy of Hersh’s 304-page manuscript inventory of his voluminous collection. Single-sided copies, housed in green clamshell box. Generally fine. A detailed record of this important collection, formed over six decades. Hersh’s massive colection of around 7000 coins (5000 of them Roman Republican) was donated to the British Museum in 2002. As the collection has not been formally published, this record, even in photocopy, is quite significant.
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[Pisani and Corraro]. (Mazzoleni, Alberto). IN NUMISMATA ÆREA SELECTIORA MAXIMI MODULI E MUSEO PISANO OLIM CORRARIO. In Monasterio Benedictino-Casinate: S. Jacobi Pontidæ Agri Bergomatis, Apud Joannem Santinum Sumptibus Societatis, 1740 / Venetiis: Apud Jo. Baptistam Albritium, undated. Two volumes. I: (10), 244 pages; title printed in red and black; finely engraved large title engraving of both sides of a Roman medallion, surmounted by two putti; finely engraved and woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces. II: 96 leaves, comprising a superbly engraved allegorical architectural frontispiece featuring the arms of Correr and Pisani, respectively supported by two dragons and two lions; title within a handsomely engraved border; finely engraved preface; finely engraved index; 92 finely engraved numbered plates of ancient Roman coins, generally depicting both sides of three coins within elaborately engraved cartouches, each different and often featuring putti, animals and other decorative devices. Large folio [45 by 32 cm], complementary though not matching modern brown leather and marbled boards, gilt. Fine. A monumental production, combining a volume of detailed coin descriptions with this superb series of plates depicting ancient Roman coins within delightful baroque cartouches. Rarely offered complete. Published for the first time in 1740–41, the plates illustrate the fine collection formed by Girolamo Corraro and his son Angelo (Pope Gregory XII, 1406–15), and later completed by Ermolao Pisani. Ex Ferdinando Bassoli (Kolbe Sale 108, lot 206), with his bookplate.; ex June 3, 2006 Kolbe sale, lot 76. Babelon pages 113–114. Hennin 224 and 2922. Lipsius 315. Strandberg 114.
Ailly, Pierre-Philippe Bourlier, Baron d’. RECHERCHES SUR LA MONNAIE ROMAINE DEPUIS SON ORIGINE JUSQU’À LA MORT D’AGUSTE. Lyon, 1864–69. Tome I et Tome II, 1er, 2e et 3e parties, complete. Four volumes. 4to, original matching printed boards. xlvi, (2), 232; 243 (1); (244)–604; (605)–824 pages; 113 engraved plates. Bindings somewhat worn, with first volume head chipped and final volume with loose backstrip. Some spotting throughout. Very good or so. A very rare work, almost never encountered complete. Based on the author’s outstanding collection of 18,000 coins. Babelon 146.
Bahrfeldt, M. NACHTRÄGE UND BERICHTIGUNGEN ZUR MÜNZKUNDE DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK. I. BAND, II. BAND, & III. BAND. Wien, (1896), 1900 & Hildesheim, 1919. Three volumes. First two volumes 8vo, last volume 4to, later matching gray cloth, lettered in black. 170, 160; ix, (1), 112; (2), (73)–180 pages; text illustrations; 13 + 6 + 7 fine plates of Coins. Fine. Rarely offered complete. First part extracted from Numismatische Zeitschrift; second part No. 117 of a small edition, signed by Bahrfeldt; final part limited to 100 copies. Clain-Stefanelli 3715*: “An essential addition to Babelon’s work.”
Bahrfeldt, Dr. Max v. DIE RÖMISCHE GOLDMÜNZENPRÄGUNG WÄHREND DER REPUBLIK UND UNTER AUGUSTUS. EINE CHRONOLIGISCHE UND METROLOGISCHE STUDIE. Halle (Saale), 1923. 4to, contemporary cloth-backed boards. xvi, 208 pages; text figures; 16 fine plates. Binding a little worn, else Near fine. Very scarce. A. Riechmann’s Münzstudien, Band I. Clain-Stefanelli 3716*. Grierson 73.
Haeberlin, Dr. Jur. E.J. AES GRAVE. DAS SCHWERGELD ROMS UND MITTELITALIENS EINSCHLIESSLICH DER IHM VORAUSGEHENDEN ROHRBRONZEWÄHRUNG. ERSTER BAND: ENHALTEND DIE MÜNZVERZEICHNISSE. TAFELBAND: ENHALTEND 103 TAFELN MIT 2953 ABBILDUNGEN. Frankfurt a. M: Joseph Baer & Cº, 1910. Two volumes. Text volume: folio [32 by 29 cm], contemporary brown cloth-backed marbled boards. xxviii, 280 pages; occasional text figures; 1 fine plate. Plate volume: large folio [52 by 40.5 cm], loose plates housed in black cloth folder. (4) pages; 103 very fine plates. Text volume with marginal staining toward base, not affecting text or plate; plates a bit dusty. Plate folder quite worn and taped at spine, with broken ties. Marginal wear to plates. Very good. A monumental work, combining exemplary scholarship with photographic illustrations that are simply stunning. Ernst Justus Haeberlin (1847–1925) formed an extraordinary collection of the early cast coinages of the Roman Republic, and Aes Grave is the result of a life’s work in numismatics. Clain-Stefanelli 3788*. Grierson 72. Kroh 68: “the first modern work on this series and is still utilized as a primary reference (due to the excellent illustrations). Originals are extremely rare…”
Riccio, Giudice Gennaro. LE MONETE DELLE ANTICHE FAMIGLIE DI ROMA FINO ALLO IMPERADORE AUGUSTO INCLUSIVAMENTE CO’SUOI ZECCHIERI DETTE COMUNEMENTE CONSOLARI DISPOSTE PER ORDINE ALFABETICO, RACCOLTE PER COLLEZIONE, ED INTERPRETE, COLLE RISPETTIVE FIGURE ACCURATAMENTE ESEGUITE, E COLLA ESPOSIZIONE IN ULTIMO DELLE INCERTE, ED UN SAGGIO DEGLI ASSI GRAVI, E SUE PARTI, E PER TUTTE IL GRADO DI RARITÀ, E PREZZO RISPETTIVO. Napoli: Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno, 1843. Seconda edizione. (2), viii, 288 (2) pages; numismatic lithograph on title; 71 lithographic plates of ancient Roman coins; plate of monograms. [bound with] Riccio, Gennaro. REPERTORIO OSSIA DESCRIZIONE E TASSA DELLE MONETE DI CITTÈ ANTICHE COMPRESE NE’ PERIMETRI DELLE PROVINCE COMPONENTI L’ATTUALE REGNO DELLE DUE SICILIE AL DI QUA DEL FARO CON LA ENUNCIAZIONE DELLE ALTRE INEDITE O NUOVE, VENUTE IN LUCE DOPO IL DECESSO DEL CAV. CARELLI, LE CUI TAVOLE NUMISMATICHE SONO STATE DI RECENTE PUBBLICATE SENZA TALI AGGIUNTE. Napoli: Stabilmento Tipografico del Trameter, 1852–53. vii, (1), 111, (1), 17, (3) pages; fine numismatic engraving on title; 2 well-engraved plates of ancient Greek coins and a size chart. 4to, original decoratively blindstamped blue cloth; upper cover lettered in gilt; spine decorated and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. Binding a bit discolored; spine and corners neatly strengthened. Near fine. Ex Ferdinando Bassoli, with his bookplate; ex Mantova, 1989. The second and best edition of Riccio’s first major numismatic work, accompanied by his classic 1852 treatise on ancient coins of the Due Sicilie. Babelon 162. Bassoli 47: “Gennaro Riccio, deserves recognition, even if he was reproached for including apocryphal coins, taken from earlier works, in his general collection of Republican coins.” Leitzmann 116 (first title).
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Paciaudi, Paolo M. AD NUMMOS CONSULARES IIIVIRI [TRIUMVIRI] MARCI ANTONII. ANIMADVERSIONES PHILOLOGICAE ACCEDIT EXPLICATIO TABULAE PELOPONNENSIS. Romae: Excudebant Fratres Palearini, Publica Auctoritate, 1757. 4to [28 by 21 cm], contemporary card covers. 126, (2) pages; title printed in red and black with a delightful, finely engraved architectural numismatic vignette; finely engraved historiated headpiece and tailpiece; woodcut tailpieces; fine engravings in the text of ancient coins and two historical scenes; one full page of ancient coin engravings; woodcut printer’s device. Occasional minor spotting. Fine. Ex Richetto, 2004. Ex Ferdinando Bassoli, with his bookplate. Paolo Maria Paciaudi of Turin (1710–81), was a Theatine priest and a well-known authority on numismatics and ecclesiastical archeology. His Philological Observations appears to be quite rare. Correspondence, mainly on antiquarian topics, between Paciaudi and the French writer and noted numismatist, Jean Jacques Barthelemy (1716–95), may be found in the 1877 Correspondance indite du Comte de Caylus by Ch. Nisard. Lipsius 302.
Banduri, Anselmo. NUMISMATA IMPERATORUM ROMANORUM A TRAJANO DECIO AD PALÆOLOGOS AUGUSTUS. ACCESSIT BIBLIOTHECA NUMMARIA, SIVE AUCTORUM QUE DE RE NUMMARIÂ SCRIPSERUNT. TOMUS PRIMUS & TOMUS SECUNDUS. Lutetiæ Parisiorum (Paris): Sumptibus Montalant, Bibpolæ, ad Ripam P P. Augustinianorum, prope Pontem Sancti Michaëlis, 1718. First edition. Two volumes. Folio [38.5 by 28 cm], late eighteenth-century speckled brown full calf; black leather spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; red page edges; sides paneled in blind. Superbly engraved allegorical frontispiece; (48), cxxvi, (2), 544, (108); (14), 777, (39) pages; engraved title vignettes; finely engraved dedication vignettes; engraved initials; finely engraved double-page map; numerous coin engravings in the text, many full-page, including 46 plates. Extremities a bit worn; joints a trifle weak. Finely engraved armorial ex libris William Staunton. Fine set. An important early work on Roman coins, featuring the first printing of Banduri’s landmark 128-page Bibliotheca numaria, by far the best numismatic bibliography up to that time. John Akerman considered the main work to be of “great value” and John Pinkerton emphasized its utility to the student of Byzantine numismatics. A fine, complete set, seldom found with both the frontispiece and the map. Babelon page 113: “His vast work on Imperial coins rendered earlier works on the same series useless.” Bassoli pages 33–34: “Anselmo Banduri…occupies a particular place in numismatic bibliography… He is most remembered…for his great work completed in 1718, Numismata Imperatorum a Trajano Decio ad Palaeologos Augustos. Its introduction, Bibliotheca numaria, was the first full critical text encompassing the entire range of numismatic literature up to and including Banduri’s own period. The Numismata Imperatorum gives a biographical background for every historical character and, better still, points out the importance of numismatics in resolving the inevitable problems of chronology which accompany such a survey… Above all else, the work shows a remarkable vitality.” Brückmann 7. Cicognara 2742. Clain-Stefanelli 3601. Dekesel B28. Hennin 185. Lipsius 20. Strandberg 26. Ex Anders Frösell library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 117, lot 2003).
Cohen, Henry. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DES MONNAIES FRAPPÉES SOUS L’EMPIRE ROMAIN COMMUNÉMENT APPELÉES MÉDAILLES IMPÉRIALES. TOME PREMIER – TOME SEPTIÈME. Paris, 1859–68. First edition. Seven volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary green quarter calf with mottled boards; spines with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; all page edges marbled. (4), xxvi, (2), 484; (4), ii, (6), 611, (1); (4), 562, (2); (8), 502, (2); (8), 632; (4), 631, (1); (4), xix, (1), 500 pages; size charts; 19 + 19 + 18+ 20 + 16+ 20+ 8 handsome lithographic plates of coins engraved by L. Dardel. Signed by Jacob (Jakob) Hirsch in three volumes; Hirsch labels throughout. Bindings worn, though holding; interiors very good or better. Jacob Hirsch’s signed set of the rare first edition of Cohen. The coin illustrations in this edition are far superior to those found scattered throughout the text of the second edition. Babelon 146: “Henri Cohen’s vast compendia on the Roman series, worthy of comparison with Mionnet’s equivalent work on the Greek, were soon regarded as better than anything that had previously been produced thanks to two vital qualities: the scrupulous accuracy of each description, and the omission of fake coins.” Clain-Stefanelli 4015*. Grierson 74.
Occo, Adolf. IMPERATORUM ROMANORUM NUMISMATA A POMPEIO MAGNO AD HERACULIUM AD ADOLFO OCCONE OLIM CONGESTA. AUGUSTORUM ICONIBUS, PERPETUIS HISTORICO-CHRONOLOGICIS NOTIS, PLURIBUSQUE ADDITAMENTIS IAM ILLUSTRATA A FRANCISCO MEDIOBARBO BIRAGO S.R.I. COMITE, & REGIÆ CIVITATIS PAPIÆ DECURIONE; NUNC VERÒ AB INNUMERIS MENDIS EXPURGATA, AC SAC. CÆSAREÆ ET REG. CATHOLICÆ MAJESTATI INVICTISSIMI ET CLEMENTISSIMI CAROLI VI. ROM. IMP. SEMPER AUGUSTI EXHIBITA, ADDITIONIBUS USQUE HAC DESIDERATIS, CRITICISQUE OBSERVATIONIBUS EXORNATA, CURANTE PHILIPPO ARGELATO BONONIENSI. Mediolani (Milan): ex ædibus Societatis Palatinæ, Superiorim permissu, 1730. Folio [40.5 by 26 cm], later light brown mottled boards; early hand-lettered spine label skillfully applied to spine. (14), 624 pages; title printed in red and black with a fine medallion engraving; superbly engraved oval portrait plate of Mediobarbi; woodcut initials; 235 very fine engravings of Roman portrait coins in the text. Lacking some prelims, including frontispiece and engraved dédicace; main text complete. Opening leaves a bit tattered; barring occasional spotting, bulk of text is rather near fine. This 1730 issue, expanded by Filippo Argelati, is the best edition of Occo’s landmark work. Adolph Occo (1524–1606), was a German doctor and humanist from Augsburg whose work in the field of Roman numismatics is acknowledged as a major factor in the early development of numismatics as a science. Imperatorum romanorum numismata is particularly important as it abandons the grouping of Roman coins by metal and adopts, instead, a chronological classification. Cunnally observes that Occo’s Numismata served as a model for the great nineteenth-century catalogues of Roman imperial coins written by Theodore-Edme Mionnet and Henry Cohen, “a lineage that culminates in the Roman Imperial Coinage begun by Mattingly and Sydenham in 1923.” While paying tribute to his numismatic prowess, Babelon observes that “the eccentric doctor Adolphus Occo of Augsburg (1524–1606)” was “an advocate of the use of rhubarb, who declared that his conscience would not permit him to accept the change to the Gregorian calendar.” Babelon 78–79. Bassoli 17 & 63. Brunet 29825: “Bonne édition.” Hennin 186. Lipsius 253 & 292. Renauldin 64–71. Strandberg 118.
Patarol, Laurentius. OPERA OMNIA QUORUM PLERAQUE NUNC PRIMUM IN LUCEM PRODEUNT. TOMUS PRIMUS & TOMUS SECUNDUS. Venetiis: Typis Joannis Baptistæ Pasquali, 1743. Two volumes complete. 4to [25 by 19 cm], contemporary black quarter calf with vellum corners; flat spine decoratively gilt at top and base; two red morocco labels, gilt; marbled paper sides. xxxii, 496; (8), 501, (1) pages; main title printed in red and black, incorporating the printer’s handsome woodcut device; numerous woodcut decorations; 24 of 27 well-engraved plates, mainly depicting ancient Roman coins in the first part; 2 finely engraved natural history plates in the second. Binding extremities quite rubbed. Overall an attractive, very good or better example. Ex Ferdinando Bassoli library, with his bookplate; ex Liber, Turin; ink stamp of V. Bottai on front flyleaf and first title. The first volume features the author’s two major numismatic treatises: Series Augustorum, Augustarum, Cæsarum, et tyrannorum omnium … and Panegyricæ orationes veterum oratorum. Notis, ac numismatibus illustravit… Lipsius records a short, eight-page Lettura concerning a coin of Vespasian as being present in the second part. Brunet describes the volumes as containing “(c)ollections riche in bons mémoires,” and goes on to praise Patarol’s Latin poetry. Graesse notes that the poetry and Panegyrici veteres in this edition “est supérieur.” Both works are handsomely printed in diminutive yet easy-to-read type, adorned with charming woodcuts, one incorporating coins. In the first work, 294 coin obverses are depicted on the 15 Series Augustorum plates (the coin engravings present in earlier editions were interspersed in the text). The text of the Panegyrics is arranged in double columns: the outer columns comprising an Italian translation printed in Roman type; the inner columns featuring Latin text printed in italic type. Three of the twelve coin plates called for (VIII, IX, & X) were never present here. The charming plates in part two depict Cantaride del Giglio (Spanish Fly). Brunet 19039. Cicognara 2962. Graesse 161. Lipsius 307.
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[Roman Coins]. American Numismatic Society [publisher]. NUMISMATIC NOTES AND MONOGRAPHS ON ROMAN COINS. Seven titles: Philip V. Hill’s 1949 “Barbarous Radiates”: Imitations of Third-Century Roman Coins; Michael Grant’s 1950 Aspects of the Principate of Tiberius; Annalina Caló Levi’s 1952 Barbarians on Roman Imperial Coins and Sculpture; C.M. Kraay’s 1956 The Aes Coinage of Galba; Aline Abaecherli Boyce’s 1965 Festal and Dated Coins of the Roman Empire: Four Papers; David W. Mac Dowall’s 1979 The Western Coinages of Nero; and William E. Metcalf’s 1996 The Silver Coinage of Cappadocia, Vespasian–Commodus. All 8vo, all but first in original bindings (first bound in brown cloth). Generally fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, Nos. 112, 116, 123, 133, 153, 161 and 166.
Vaillant, Joannes. NUMISMATA IMPERATORUM ROMANORUM PRÆSTANTIORA A JULIO CÆSARE AD POSTUMUM USQUE. TOMUS PRIMUS, SECUNDUS & TERTIUS. Fourth edition. Romæ: Sumtibus Caroli Barbiellini, & Venantii Monaldini Sociorum in Via lata, Typis Jo: Baptistæ Bernabò, & Josephi Lazzarini, 1743. Three volumes. 4to, contemporary full vellum over stiff boards; spines with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; red and green spine labels, gilt; all page edges red. xl, 347, (1); vii, (1), 452; viii, 372 pages; each title printed in red and black with finely engraved title vignettes; engraved initials, headpieces and tailpieces throughout; 356 fine engravings of coins and medals in the text. Vellum yellowing, and with occasional marks; still, a most attractive set. Fine. The best edition of this classic work, perhaps the author’s most notable contribution to numismatics. Jean Foy Vaillant (1632–1706), was a scholarly French numismatist and collector of coins who authored a large number of important numismatic works on ancient coins. This handsomely produced 1743 edition of Numismata imperatorum romanorum was revised and edited by J.F. Baldini. Renauldin considers it to be “incomparablement meilleure que la première.” Babelon 99. Bassoli 29. Brunet 29818: “Ouvrage très estimé.” Cicognara 3031. Dekesel F170. Hirsch 132. Lipsius 409. Ex George Keate, G.P. Mander, Frances Mary Richardson Currer and Phiroze K. Randeria, with each volume bearing a small collection of engraved bookplates.
Lacam, Guy. “RICIMER”: UN BARBARE AU SERVICE DE ROME. Nice, 1985. Two volumes. 4to, original printed card covers. (1), v, 200; (1), 201–459 pages printed on a single side; text illustrations; 8 plates. Fine. [with] ADDENDUM. 4to, spiral-bound. 21 pages printed on a single side. Fine. [with] LE MONNAYAGE DE RICIMER. 4to, velo-bound. 48 pages printed on a single side; 8 plates, being actual photographic prints affixed to the pages. Inscribed to J.P.C. Kent. Fine. The main work is the author’s doctoral thesis. Very rarely available.
Serafini, Camillo. SAGGIO INTORNO ALLE MONETE E MEDAGLIONI ANTICHI RITROVATI NELLE CATACOMBE DI PANFILO SULLA VIA SALARIA VETUS IN ROMA. Roma: Estratto dal volume: Scritti in onore di Bartolomeo Nogara raccolta in occasione del suo LXX anno, 1937. 4to, original printed card covers. (2), (421)–443, (1) pages; text plan; 1 halftone plate; 2 very fine plates depicting both sides of 20 medallions. Unopened. Fine. Ex Clain-Stefanelli Library. A most important work on Roman medallions. Extremely rare; not cited in Toynbee’s work on the topic, nor in the “Addition to the List of Finds” found in the second edition. Also not in Clain-Stefanelli.
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[Byzantine Coins]. American Numismatic Society [publisher]. NUMISMATIC NOTES AND MONOGRAPHS ON BYZANTINE COINS. New York, 1928–67. Nine titles: Alfred R. Bellinger’s 1928 The Anonymous Byzantine Bronze Coinage; D.H. Cox’s 1930 The Caparelli Hoard; Sawyer McA. Mosser’s 1935 A Bibliography of Byzantine Coin Hoards; Alfred R. Bellinger’s 1938 Coins from Jerash, 1928–1934; George C. Miles’s 1939 A Byzantine Weight Validated by al-Walid; Edward T. Newell’s The Byzantine Hoard of Lagbe; Howard L. Adelson’s 1957 Light Weight Solidi and Byzantine Trade during the Sixth and Seventh Centuries; James D. Breckenridge’s 1959 The Numismatic Iconography of Justinian II; and Joan M. Fagerlie’s 1967 Late Roman and Byzantine Solidi Found in Sweden and Denmark. 16mo or 8vo, original printed card covers. Condition varies, but generally very good to fine. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, Nos. 35, 43, 67, 81, 87, 105, 138, 144 and 157.
du Fresne, Charles, Sieur du Cange. DE IMPERATORUM CONSTANTINO POLITANORUM SEU INFERIORIS AEVI VEL IMPERII UTI VOCANT NUMISMATIBUS DISSERTATIO CAROLI DU FRESNE. Romæ: Typis Jo. Mariæ Salvioni typographi Vaticani, 1755. 4to [29 by 21 cm], contemporary full vellum; spine lettered in ink. viii, 178, (2) pages; title with engraved vignette depicting Constantine fighting a wild boar, repeated on final page of main text; woodcut initial; 11 exceptional full-page engraved plates, the first signed Jov. Vercrijss, most depicting icons, one folding and that numismatic, depicting Renaissance medals including Pisanello’s masterpiece of Emperor John VIII Palaeologus. Binding with light general wear. Near fine. Very rare and most interesting. Dekesel D130. See Dekesel 17th century D58, where he lists a 1678 edition published as part of du Fresne’s Glossarium ad scriptores mediæ & infimæ latinitatis. This 1755 printing would appear to be an indepedent publication unrelated to an edition of the Glossarium.
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Bellinger, Alfred R., and Philip Grierson [editors]. CATALOGUE OF THE BYZANTINE COINS IN THE DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION AND IN THE WHITTEMORE COLLECTION. VOLUME ONE: ANASTASIUS I TO MAURICE, 491–602. BY ALFRED R. BELLINGER. VOLUME TWO: PHOCAS TO THEODOSIUS III, 602–717. BY PHILIP GRIERSON. VOLUME THREE: LEO III TO NICEPHORUS, 717–1081. BY PHILIP GRIERSON. VOLUME FOUR: ALEXIUS I TO MICHAEL VIII, 1081–1261. BY MICHAEL F. HENDY. VOLUME FIVE: MICHAEL VIII TO CONSTANTINE XI, 1258–1453. BY PHILIP GRIERSON. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1992–99 [earlier volumes are later printings]. Five volumes in nine, complete. 4to, original blue cloth, gilt. xxvi, 383, (1); viii, (2), 383, (1); (10), 385–728; ix, (1), 470; viii, (2), (473)–887, (1); xi, (1), 443, (1); (10), (447)–736; xvi, 285, (1); x, (2), (289)–611, (1) pages; tables; 80 + 46 + 70 + 54 + 91 fine plates of coins. Generally fine. [with] Hendy, Michael F. COINAGE AND MONEY IN THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 1081–1261. Washington, D.C: Dumbarton Oaks Studies XII, 1969. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. xviii, (2), 453, (3) pages; tables; 2 folding maps; 51 fine plates. Binding a bit rubbed; near fine. The indispensable, standard reference work, along with Hendy’s important volume. Clain-Stefanelli 5392*. Grierson 110. The Hendy work is Clain-Stefanelli 5399*. Grierson 110.
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[Islamic and Related Coins]. American Numismatic Society [publisher]. NUMISMATIC NOTES AND MONOGRAPHS ON ISLAMIC COINS. New York, 1948–70. Eleven titles: George C. Miles’s 1948 Early Arabic Glass Weights and Stamps; Richard N. Frye’s 1949 Notes on the Early Coinage of Transoxiana; Charles C. Torrey’s 1950 Gold Coins of Khokand and Bukhara; Miles’s 1950 Rare Islamic Coins; Miles’s 1951 Early Arabic Glass Weights and Stamps: A Supplement; Miles’s Fatimid Coins; David M. Lang’s 1955 Studies in the Numismatic History of Georgia in Transcaucasia; Oleg Grabar’s 1957 The Coinage of the Tulunids; Miles’s 1958 Contributions to Arabic Metrology I; Miles’s 1963 Contributions to Arabic Metrology II; and Miles’s 1970 The Coinage of the Arab Amirs of Crete. All 8vo, original printed card covers. Near fine or better. Numismatic Notes and Monographs, Nos. 111, 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 130, 139, 141, 150 and 160. Includes several works that remain important.
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