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Sale 147 IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE Featuring Selections from the Libraries of William A. Burd & Q. David Bowers Mail Bid & Live Online Auction Saturday, October 7 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM Absentee bids placed by post, email, fax or phone due by midnight Friday, October 6. Absentee bids may be placed online any time before the sale. 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • numislit.com • [email protected] Prices Realized List Auction 147 w October 7, 2017 1 $160 71 $90 147 $150 219 $150 298 $800 368 $50 436 $65 2 $120 72 $65 149 $100 220 $100 299 $550 369 $160 437 $110 4 $130 73 $190 150 $65 221 $80 300 $190 371 $200 438 $130 5 $225 74 $80 151 $95 222 $150 301 $130 372 $130 440 $225 6 $70 75 $130 152 $130 225 $90 302 $130 373 $160 441 $85 7 $130 76 $100 153 $130 226 $100 303 $65 374 $500 442 $150 8 $85 77 $550 154 $95 227 $110 304 $100 375 $100 443 $120 9 $70 78 $100 156 $180 228 $100 305 $190 377 $85 444 $225 10 $200 79 $150 157 $85 229 $120 306 $65 378 $65 447 $130 11 $130 82 $190 158 $110 230 $100 307 $170 379 $80 448 $250 12 $450 83 $225 159 $65 233 $150 308 $65 380 $110 449 $225 13 $100 84 $325 160 $275 234 $65 309 $950 381 $140 450 $65 14 $70 86 $50 161 $275 235 $50 310 $225 382 $80 451 $70 16 $170 88 $375 163 $80 236 $130 311 $450 383 $100 452 $110 17 $100 89 $300 164 $65 239 $100 312 $250 384 $130 455 $90 19 $65 91 $475 165 $65 244 $130 314 $120 385 $225 456 $130 20 $225 93 $130 166 $140 245 $160 319 $65 386 $110 457 $225 22 $130 94 $100 168 $150 247 $100 320 $70 387 $100 458 $110 23 $900 95 $80 170 $110 248 $200 322 $275 389 $375 459 $95 25 $90 97 $160 171 $200 250 $50 323 $65 390 $275 460 $110 26 $120 98 $325 175 $65 252 $400 324 $425 391 $65 461 $110 27 $225 100 $300 176 $65 253 $90 325 $65 392 $225 462 $130 28 $140 101 $500 180 $100 254 $275 326 $110 393 $65 463 $75 29 $130 102 $65 182 $100 255 $140 329 $65 395 $650 464 $65 31 $100 103 $120 183 $300 257 $65 330 $85 397 $160 465 $325 32 $100 107 $65 185 $70 258 $650 331 $120 398 $90 466 $130 33 $80 108 $160 186 $65 260 $160 332 $250 399 $65 467 $75 38 $65 109 $250 187 $70 261 $180 334 $65 400 $200 468 $650 39 $80 112 $90 190 $300 262 $450 335 $130 402 $130 469 $110 40 $65 113 $225 191 $70 263 $100 336 $190 403 $75 470 $110 41 $275 114 $65 192 $65 266 $65 337 $65 404 $100 471 $100 42 $400 115 $160 193 $65 267 $65 338 $180 405 $180 472 $225 43 $130 116 $120 194 $65 268 $75 340 $90 406 $190 473 $100 45 $125 117 $100 195 $130 269 $170 341 $65 407 $150 474 $190 46 $250 118 $375 196 $200 270 $75 342 $65 408 $150 475 $70 47 $300 119 $65 197 $65 271 $150 344 $275 409 $160 476 $140 49 $275 121 $250 198 $130 272 $130 345 $140 410 $190 477 $65 50 $130 123 $70 199 $130 273 $110 346 $65 412 $75 478 $160 51 $120 124 $75 200 $110 274 $170 347 $130 413 $1400 479 $180 52 $130 125 $475 201 $120 275 $130 348 $100 414 $65 480 $300 53 $85 126 $65 202 $80 276 $180 349 $170 415 $120 481 $225 54 $160 127 $275 203 $65 277 $75 350 $100 416 $190 482 $250 55 $120 128 $65 204 $120 278 $160 351 $100 417 $120 483 $110 56 $70 129 $160 205 $450 279 $550 353 $160 418 $100 484 $325 57 $100 131 $95 206 $65 280 $65 354 $160 419 $65 485 $100 58 $375 132 $100 207 $75 281 $225 355 $850 420 $550 486 $750 59 $80 133 $75 208 $65 283 $160 356 $325 421 $160 487 $750 60 $65 134 $250 209 $130 284 $325 357 $500 422 $110 488 $400 61 $65 135 $180 210 $70 285 $160 358 $180 423 $130 489 $140 62 $160 137 $200 211 $90 286 $225 359 $850 424 $200 490 $180 64 $95 138 $300 212 $65 287 $1100 360 $325 426 $85 491 $80 65 $65 139 $150 213 $130 288 $425 361 $200 427 $400 492 $65 66 $80 140 $65 214 $150 289 $325 362 $275 428 $700 495 $80 67 $70 142 $95 215 $225 292 $140 363 $650 429 $130 497 $130 68 $120 144 $95 216 $150 294 $65 364 $750 430 $225 499 $130 69 $250 145 $160 217 $550 295 $375 365 $425 431 $160 500 $300 70 $90 146 $225 218 $80 297 $80 367 $65 434 $250 Terms of Sale 1. This is an online and mail-bid sale. Absentee bids will be accepted by mail, fax, email and phone until the day before the live online sale. On the day of the live online sale, only bids placed via the live online platform will be accepted: no phone, fax, email or mail bids can be entered on the day of the sale. 2. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of the sale. All bids (whether placed online or by mail, fax, email or phone) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. 3. Absentee bidders should be mindful that bids submitted in irregular increments may be rounded to a lower bid to comply with the online platform’s established bidding increments. 4. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay 7.5% sales tax on the total purchase price of all lots delivered in Ohio. Purchasers may also be liable for compensating use taxes in other states, which are solely the responsibility of the purchaser. Foreign bidders may be required to pay duties, fees or taxes in their respective countries, which are also the responsibility of the bidders. 5. This is not an approval sale. Any claims for adjustment by bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale. 6. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. Registration of unknown bidders on the live online platform will constitute approval only when the bidder provides an acceptable credit card number with registration. 7. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Starting prices for this sale are at approximately two-thirds of estimate, though this may vary. Kolbe & Fanning reserve the right to purchase items in this sale for customers or stock at their discretion. 8. A buyer’s premium of 18% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. 9. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale for any reason. 10. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to the buyer’s invoice. There will be a $3.00 charge per lot for processing. 11. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 12. This sale is conducted in U.S. dollars. Payment may be made by check, money order, credit card, PayPal or wire transfer. All checks must be in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. banks. Our bank account details will be provided on request for wire transfers, and any bank charges must be paid by the sender. Invoices may be paid by credit card or PayPal, but the bidder agrees to pay a 3% bank fee for doing so. 13. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When possible, postal insurance will be obtained. Packages covered by private insurance will be so covered at a cost of 1% of total value, to be paid by the buyer. 14. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 15. All lots are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully cor- rected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bid sheet carefully. 16. Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC are licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture (license 2011000028) as an auction firm, and are bonded as required by law in favor of the State of Ohio. BOOK SIZES BOOK CONDITIONS Folio: over 13 inches As new — no signs of wear or defects. 4to (quarto): 12 inches Fine — nice clean copy, slight signs of use. 8vo (octavo): 9 inches Very good — some wear, no serious defects. 12mo (duodecimo): 7–8 inches Good — average used and worn book, complete. 16mo (sextodecimo): 6–7 inches Reading copy — poor but readable. 24mo (vigesimoquarto): 5–6 inches Ex-library — with library identification marks. 32mo (trigesimosecundo): 4–5 inches All serious defects are noted. The above sizes are intended for modern books; antiquarian books are described based on page format. Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. Copyright © 2017 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC ANCIENT NUMISMATICS Addison on Ancient Coins boards. 60 pages; fine engraved frontispiece plate depicting coins 1 Addison, Joseph. DIALOGUES and the tessère of the title. Near fine. $100 Rare: only the third copy we have offered in many years. Born in 1766, UPON THE USEFULNESS OF AN- M. Louis Allier de Hauteroche served in the diplomatic corps and spent CIENT MEDALS. ESPECIALLY IN much time in Heraclius, Cos, Smyrna and the Levant. Leitzmann 3. RELATION TO THE LATIN AND GREEK POETS. [followed by] THREE Amandry on Corinth SETTS OF MEDALS ILLUSTRATED 4 Amandry, Michel. LE MONNAYAGE DES DUOVIRS BY THE ANCIENT POETS, IN THE CORINTHIENS. Athens, 1988. 8vo, original printed card cov- FOREGOING DIALOGUES. Vol. III ers. vi, (2), 269, (3) pages; 48 fine plates of coins. Small corner of Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and bump; near fine. $200 Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Jo- A highly important work on the bronze coinage struck under Roman seph Addison, Esq; With Some Account authority in Corinth; in considerable demand. Kroh 39 (five stars): “a of the Life and Writings of the Author, virtual die corpus of these issues. ... An exceptional work, with ... excep- by Mr. Tickell. London: Printed for J. tional plates.” and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1746. Small 8vo, contemporary Anson’s Numismata Graeca in Original 13 Parts French full mottled calf; spine with 5 Anson, L. NUMISMATA GRAECA: GREEK COIN five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; TYPES, CLASSIFIED FOR IMMEDIATE IDENTIFICA- board edges decorated in gilt; silk marker; contemporary mar- TION. TEXT: PARTS I–VI ... SMALL NUMISMATIC DIC- bled endpapers; all page edges red. 328, (8) pages, including 31 TIONARY ... RECORD OF RECENT AUCTION PRICES / plates illustrating Roman coins. Binding sound, but worn, with GENERAL GUIDE—INDEX / SUMMARY AND PLATES: loss to upper fore-edge corner of rear board and with spine head PARTS I–VI. First edition. London, 1910–16. Thirteen parts chipped; small nick to spine label. Contents very fresh. Very complete. 4to, original printed card covers. xli, (1), (2), viii, ix, good, overall. $200 (1), ix, (1), viii, x, vii, (1), viii, 138, (4), 112, (4), 152, (4), 99, (1), A rare edition of this work, handsomely bound though worn. A defense (4), 146, (4), 108, 20, 7, (1) pages; 27 + 25 + 30 + 21 + 25 + 22 of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eu- fine plates depicting 3667 different coins, including illustrations genius and Philander, followed by three series of woodcut plates of Ro- of 6856 obverses and reverses. Original spines worn, as usual, man coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope’s “Verses Occasion’d by Mr. with a couple covers detached and one blank rear cover lacking. Addison’s Treatise of Medals.” Addison was one of the most important English essayists, and was, through The Spectator (which he published A very good set. $300 with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His A most useful attribution aid, arranged using the following categories: 1) opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. This volume also Industry; 2) War; 3) Agriculture; 4) Religion; 5) Architecture; 6) Naval includes Addison’s “The Present State of the War” and “Of the Christian and Marine; 7) Science & the Arts; and 8) Various. Rarely encountered Religion.” Dekesel A44. Hirsch 2 (citing the 1726 edition). Lipsius 4 (cit- as originally published in 13 separate card-covered volumes. Clain-Ste- ing the 1726 edition). Ex Q. David Bowers Library. fanelli 3406*. Daehn 860: “A comprehensive guide to identifying Greek coins.” Grierson 59. Kroh 8 and 66: “This work identifies Greek coins The Constantinian Gold Coinage having as their devices inanimate objects (excluding animals, gods and 2 humans).” Ex Joe Der library (John Bergman Sale 6, lot 670). Alföldi, Maria R. DIE CONSTANTINISCHE GOLDPRÄ- GUNG, UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZU IHRER BEDEUTUNG Ars Classica IV: Grand Duke Alexander FÜR KAISERPOLITIK UND HOFKUNST. Mainz, 1963. 4to, Mikhailovich & Sir Arthur Evans original gray cloth, gilt. xi, (1), 236, (2) pages; text illustrations; 1 + 6 [Ars Classica IV]. Naville et Cie. IV. MONNAIES 41 plates. Covers a bit discolored; near fine. $100 Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4354. Kroh 89: “an in-depth study and virtual GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DES COLLEC- corpus of the Constantinian gold coinage.” Ex William A. Burd Library. TIONS DE S.A.I. LE GRAND-DUC ALEXANDRE MICHA- ÏLOVITCH, DE SIR ARTHUR EVANS ET D’AUTRES AMA- Early Work on Tesserae TEURS. Lucerne, 17–19 juin 1922. 4to, original printed card 3 Allier de Hauteroche, L. ESSAI SUR L’EXPLICATION covers. (6), 73, (1) pages; 1035 lots; 36 fine plates depicting every D’UNE TESSÈRE ANTIQUE PORTANT DEUX DATES; ET coin offered. Small corner bump, else fine. $100 CONJECTURES SUR L’ÈRE DE LA VILLE DE BÉRYTE EN Clain-Stefanelli 1977. Daehn 2085. Grierson 278. Spring 474 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”]. PHÉNICIE; SUIVIES DE LA DESCRIPTION D’UNE MÉ- DAILLE GRECQUE, ANECDOTE, EN ARGENT, OFFRANT Both Bement Greek Coin Sales LES PORTRAITS DE DÉMÉTRIUS Ier, ROI DE SYRIE, ET DE 7 [Ars Classica VI & VII] Naville et Cie. VI. CATALOGUE LAODICE SA FEMME. Paris, 1820. Small 4to, original printed DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN 4 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 ARGENT COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLAR- Babelon’s Les Perses Achéménides ENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.). PREMIÈRE 11 Babelon, Ernest. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES PARTIE: IBÉRIE À EUBÉE INCL. Lucerne, 28 janvier 1924 and GRECQUES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. LES following. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 90, (2) pages; PERSES ACHÉMÉNIDES, LES SATRAPES ET LES DYNAS- 1082 lots; 37 fine plates depicting all coins offered. Fine. [with] TES TRIBUTAIRES DE LEUR EMPIRE CYPRE & PHÉNI- Naville et Cie. VII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES CIE. Paris: Chez C. Rollin & Feuardent, 1893. Small 4to, original ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN ARGENT COMPOSANT LA COL- printed card covers. (4), cxciv, (2), 412 pages; text illustrations; LECTION DE FEU CLARENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADEL- 39 fine plates. Unopened and clearly never used, but the binding PHIE (U.S.A.). SECONDE PARTIE: ATTIQUE À MAURITA- has cracked in several places (still intact) and it requires binding; NIE INCL. Lucerne, 23–24 juin 1924. 4to, original printed card very good as is, but restorable to fine. $200 covers. (4), 84 pages; lots 1083–1909; 31 fine plates numbered Still-important and well-illustrated. Clain-Stefanelli 3059*. Daehn 6181. 38–68 depicting all single-coin lots. Hand-priced in ink. Spine a Grierson 89. bit worn; very good or better. $200 Both Ars Classica sales offering the magnificent Greek coins of Clarence The Traité on Northern Greece, Alexander, &c. S. Bement. Clain-Stefanelli 1942*. Daehn 2086. Grierson 280. Spring 12 Babelon, Ernest. TRAITÉ DES MONNAIES GRECQUES 476–477 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek ET ROMAINES. DEUXIÈME PARTIE: DESCRIPTION HIS- coins”]. TORIQUE. TOME QUATRIÈME: COMPRENANT LES MON- The Bement Roman Coins NAIES DE LA GRÈCE SEPTENTRIONALE AUX Ve ET IVe 8 SIÈCLES AVANT J.-C. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1926. Lacking title [Ars Classica VIII] Naville et Cie. VIII. CATALOGUE DE page; iv pages; 1100 double columns [550 pages]. [with] ALBUM MONNAIES ROMAINES ANTIQUES EN OR, ARGENT ET DES PLANCHES. PLANCHES CCLXXI À CCCLV. Paris: Er- BRONZE COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLAR- nest Leroux, 1926. 85 very fine plates of coins. Two volumes. 8vo ENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.). Lucerne, 25– and 4to [differing sizes, as issued], later matching pebbled ma- 28 juin 1924. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 107, (1) pages; roon cloth, gilt. Fine or nearly so. $600 1770 lots; 64 fine plates. Spine hand-lettered; near fine. $100 Of the highest importance. Clain-Stefanelli, in Numismatics—An An- The important Ars Classica sale offering the magnificent Roman coins cient Science, heaps praise on Babelon and his many authoritative works of Clarence S. Bement. Clain-Stefanelli 1942*. Grierson 280. Spring 478 on Greek numismatics, calling the Traité “his greatest work.” Complete [also listed under “Most important sales of aes grave,” “Most important set are infrequently offered. The present volumes are those dedicated sales of struck Roman Republican coins,” “Most important sales of Ro- to northern Greece and cover Acarnania, Epirus, Corcyra, Illyricum, man Imperial coins” and “Most important sales of Byzantine coins”]. Thessaly, Macedon (including Philip II and Alexander), Thrace, etc. Clain-Stefanelli 1809*: “An unfinished but monumental work, indis- Ars Classica XIII: Allatini et al. pensable for the scholar.” Daehn 19. Grierson 52. 9 Ars Classica. NO. XIII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, BIBLIOTHÈQUE NUMISMA- Complete Set of Demareteion TIQUE, COMPOSANT LES COLLECTIONS DE FEU LE CAV. 13 Babelon, Jean [publisher]. DEMARETEION: NUMIS- ROBERTO ALLATINI, LONDRES, DE M. LE CAP. E.G.S. SPEN- MATIQUE–GLYPTIQUE–ARCHÉOLOGIE–HAUTE CURI- CER CHURCHILL, NORTHWICK PARK, DE FEU LE PROF. OSITÉ. Vol. 1, Nos. 1–4, and Vol. 2, No 1, complete. Paris 1935– OSCAR BLOCH, COPENHAGUE, DE FEU LE COL. G. VEITH, 36. All issued. 4to, original printed wraps. (4), 209, (1); 64 pages, VIENNE, ET DE PLUSIERS AUTRES AMATEURS. Lucerne, 27– plus preliminaries and advertisements; numerous text illustra- 29 juin, 1928. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 106, (2) pages; tions. Moderate wear and one tear to wraps. Near fine. $150 1597 lots; 48 fine plates. Covers chipped; very good. $100 A complete set of this scarce and interesting publication, largely numis- Clain-Stefanelli 1681. Grierson 278. Spring 482 [also listed under “Most matic in content. Clain-Stefanelli 534. important sales of ancient Greek coins” and “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins”]. De Luynes, Part IV 14 Babelon, Jean. CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION Babelon’s Classic Work on Roman Republican Coins DE LUYNES. MONNAIES GRECQUES: IV: SYRIE, ÉGYPTE, 10 Babelon, Ernest. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE ET CYRÉNAÏQUE, MAURÉTANIE, ZEUGITANE, NUMIDIE. CHRONOLOGIQUE DES MONNAIES DE LA RÉPUB- First edition. Jules Florange et Louis Ciani, éditeurs. Paris, 1936. LIQUE ROMAINE, VULGAIREMENT APPELÉES MON- Text and plate volume, complete. Small 4to, original printed card NAIES CONSULAIRES. Paris, 1885. Two volumes. 8vo, covers with matching printed plate portfolio. (4), 146, (4) pages; somewhat later black cloth, gilt. xii, lvi, 562; (4), 669 (1) pages; 37 fine plates numbered 118–154 depicting coins. Fine. $100 coin illustrations throughout the text. Private library labels to The fourth and final volume of this most important collection, belong- spines. Very good. $250 ing to the noted numismatist Honoré-Théodore-Paul-Joseph, d’Albert, Ex Rev. R. Butin, with his stamp. The scarce original edition of a classic duc de Luynes. Clain-Stefanelli 1883*. Daehn 1756. Grierson 57. work, of fundamental importance at the time of publication and long after. Clain-Stefanelli 3714*. Ex William A. Burd Library. The Walter Niggeler Sales 15 Bank Leu and Münzen und Medaillen. SAMMLUNG WALTER NIGGELER. 1.–4. TEIL: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN. Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 5 RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN. SCHWEIZ. ITALIEN. Four cata- plate folder. xxiii, (1), 228 pages, 7 folding maps and tables; xi, (1) logues, complete. Basel, 1965–67. 4to, original printed card cov- pages, 40 fine plates. Fine. $150 ers. 67, (1) + 63, (1) + 64 + 28 pages; 1604 + 250 lots; frontispiece Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine, Band V. Clain-Stefanelli 2304*. portrait; 116 plates in all; original or photocopy prices realized Daehn 269. lists laid into first two sales. Very good to fine. $100 Rare Numismatic Works of Bartolomeo Borghesi The complete set of catalogues of this notable collection. Clain-Stefanel- 18 li 1981. Daehn 2025. Grierson 285. Spring 412–414 [412 also listed un- Borghesi, Bartolomo. ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES DE der “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”; 413 also listed under BARTOLOMEO BORGHESI. PUBLIÉES PAR LES ORDRES “Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins” and Roman ET AUX FRAIS DE S. M. L’EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON III. Imperial coins”; 414 also listed under “Most important sales of Roman ŒUVRES NUMISMATIQUES. TOME DEUXIÈME. Paris: Im- Imperial coins”]. primerie Impériale, 1864. Second volume only, of two. 4to [27 by 23 cm], contemporary brown half morocco with mottled boards; Eight BCD Sales of Ancient Greek Coins 16 all page edges marbled. (2), 560 pages; 2 plates of coins finely en- [BCD]. Various firms. CATALOGUES OFFERING graved by Dardel. Cracked at hinges; plates stained (though not COINS FROM THE BCD COLLECTION. Eight catalogues, as pages, suggesting something happened prior to binding). Very follows: good, overall. $100 Leu Numismatics. COINS OF OLYMPIA. THE BCD COL- The second volume of this very rare work, the first volume of which was LECTION. Zürich, May 10, 2004. 4to, original pictorial card published two years earlier. “At about the same time that E. Beulé pub- covers. 100, (4) pages; 345 lots; illustrated. Prices realized list. lished his book Les Monnaies d’Athènes ... the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres began to issue Borghesi’s Oeuvres, under the personal Classical Numismatic Group. TRITON IX: THE BCD COL- initiative of Emperor Napoleon III; the first two volumes, published in LECTION OF THE COINAGE OF BOIOTIA. New York, 1862 (sic), were exclusively devoted to numismatics” (Babelon, page Jan. 10, 2006. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 136 pages; 144). Count Bartolomeo Borghesi (1781–1860) was an early influence 630 lots; errata slip; illustrated. Prices realized list. on Theodor C. Mommsen’s Die Geschichte des römischen Münzwesens Classical Numismatic Group. MAIL BID SALE 72: FEA- (see M.H. Crawford’s “From Borghesi to Mommsen: The Creation of an Exact Science,” in Medals and Coins from Budé to Mommsen [1990]). TURING ... A SECOND OFFERING OF BOIOTIAN Engel & Serrure 697. Leitzmann 15. COINAGE FROM THE BCD COLLECTION... Lancaster, June 14, 2006. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 440 pages; Thirteen Émile Bourgey Sales 2911 lots; illustrated. BCD lots are 536–674. 19 Bourgey, Émile. AUCTION CATALOGUES FEATUR- LHS Numismatics. COINS OF PELOPONNESOS. THE ING ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN COINS & BCD COLLECTION. Zürich, May 8–9, 2006. 4to, original MEDALS. Paris, 1973–77. Includes sales dated: 8 avril 1973; pictorial boards. 423, (1) pages; 1775 lots; illustrated. 16–17 mai 1973; 27 juin 1973; 21–22 novembre 1973; 25–26 Münzen und Medaillen. SAMMLUNG BCD. AKAR- mars 1974; 17–18 juin 1974; 24–25 juin 1975; 4–6 novembre NANIEN UND AETOLIEN. Stuttgart, 18. Oktober 2007. 1975; 10–12 mars 1976; 9–10 novembre 1976; 25 mars 1977; Crown 4to, original pictorial card covers. 176 pages; 591 lots; 13–14 juin 1977; and 5–6 décembre 1977. Varying formats, illustrated. all in original printed card covers. Generally very good to fine Classical Numismatic Group. THE BCD COLLECTION OF with estimation sheets. $100 COINS OF THE PELOPONNESOS, PART II. Lancaster, Includes some notable sales. That of 10–12 mars 1976 is Spring 59. May 20, 2009. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 128 pages; Deluxe Three-Volume Boutin Reprint & 921 lots; illustrated. Reconstruction of Pozzi Nomos. AUCTION 4. COINS OF THESSALY, THE BCD 20 COLLECTION. Zürich, 10 May 2011. 4to, original pictorial Boutin, Serge. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES boards. 167, (1) pages; 437 lots; illustrated in color. GRECQUES ANTIQUES DE L’ANCIENNE COLLECTION POZZI. MONNAIES FRAPPÉES EN EUROPE. TEXTE ET Classical Numismatic Group. TRITON XV: THE BCD COL- PLANCHES. Monaco: Le Louis d’Or, 1992. Nouvelle édition. LECTION OF THE COINAGE OF THESSALY. New York, Two volumes. xii, (2), 290, (90), (4) pages; 4 plates of mono- Jan. 3, 2012. 4to, original pictorial boards. 415, (1) pages; 1000 grams; 202 fine plates of coins. [as issued with] MONNAIES lots; heavily illustrated throughout, with color map. GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DE LA COLLEC- Generally fine. $150 TION DE FEU LE PROF. S. POZZI. Monaco: Le Louis d’Or, Eight of the hugely important BCD catalogues of ancient Greek coins. 1992 reprint. (12), 194, (2), (64) pages; tables; 3334 lots; 101 fine Taken as a whole, these extraordinary sales comprise a modern schol- plates of coins. 4to, uniformly bound in richly grained green arly reference to the regions covered. leatherette, gilt; housed in a matching slipcase. Fine. $350 Chronology of Hellenistic Coinage A handsome production, issued in a limited edition of three volumes, 17 comprising the best edition of Boutin’s work, describing in detail and il- Boehringer, Christof. ZUR CHRONOLOGIE MITTEL- lustrating 4630 European ancient Greek coins (including 1500 magnifi- HELLENISTISCHER MÜNZSERIEN 220–160 V. CHR. Ber- cent bronzes and 1000 additional silver coins auctioned in 1921), along lin, 1972. 4to, original green cloth, gilt, as issued with matching with an excellent reprint of the 1921 auction sale with estimates of the 6 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 results calculated at today’s values for all of the coins catalogued. Daehn Roman Provincial Coinage VII 2031. Kroh page 11 (four stars). 25 Butcher, Marguerite Spoerri. ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE. VOLUME VII: DE GORDIEN Ier À GORDIEN III Scarce Collection of Essays by Boutkowski (238–244 APRÉS J.-C.). 1. PROVINCE D’ASIE. London and 21 Boutkowski-Glinka, Alexandre. RECUEIL SPÉCIAL Paris, 2006. First edition. 4to, original red cloth lettered in white. DE GRANDES CURIOSITÉS INÉDITES ET PEU CON- 395, (5) pages; 67 plates of coins. Fine. $100 NUES DANS LE CHAMP DE L’ARCHÉOLOGIE, DE LA Essential. Ex William A. Burd Library. NUMISMATIQUE ET DE L’ÉPIGRAPHIE. Paris, 1892. 8vo, original printed wraps. 58, (2) pages; text illustrations. Un- Cahn on Naxos opened; fine. $100 26 Cahn, Herbert A. DIE MÜNZEN DER SIZILISCHEN A collection of essays, mostly concentrating on ancient coins. Bout- STADT NAXOS. EIN BEITRAG ZUR KUNSTGESCHICHTE kowski (Butkowski, Butkovskii), 1826–1894, is perhaps best known to- DES GRIECHISCHEN WESTENS. First edition. Basel, 1944. day for his Petit Mionnet (1889). Quite scarce. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth, gilt. 168 pages; 12 fine plates. La- Cambridge Ancient History: Empire in Crisis bel stain to spine; light wear. Very good. $150 22 Ex American Numismatic Society library, with their bookplate. Clain- Bowman, Alan K., et al. [editors]. THE CAMBRIDGE Stefanelli 2246*: “Emphasizes economic as well as artistic aspects.” Dae- ANCIENT HISTORY. VOLUME XII: THE CRISIS OF EM- hn 3062. Grierson 63. Kroh 20 (five stars): “an excellent die-corpus ... PIRE, A.D. 193–337. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, and still the standard reference.” Ex William A. Burd Library. 2005. 8vo, original russet cloth, gilt; jacket. xviii, 965, (1) pages; text illustrations; folding map. Fine. $150 Campana on the Social War Coinage A definitive reference work. Ex William A. Burd Library. 27 Campana, Alberto. LA MONETAZIONE DEGLI IN- SORTI ITALICI DURANTE LA GUERRA SOCIALE (91–87 The Complete BMC Greek A.C.). Soliera, 1987. 4to, original heavy card covers; jacket. xv, 23 (1), 153, (1) pages; 12 plates of coins. Page edges a bit spotted; [British Museum]. A CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK minor cover wear. Still near fine. $250 COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Twenty-nine vol- Absolutely essential for this coinage. umes, complete. Bologna, 1963–65 Forni reprints. 8vo, orig- inal blue cloth, gilt. 10,688 pages; text illustrations; maps; ta- Canessa’s Sale of the Enrico Caruso Collection bles; 952 plates of coins. A few volumes with cracked hinges, 28 Canessa, C. & E. COLLEZIONE DEL FU COMM. as commonly seen. Generally a near fine set. $1200 ENRICO CARUSO. MONETE E MEDAGLIE IN ORO: The useful reprints of the most comprehensive and important stan- dard reference work on ancient Greek coins ever published. Original GRECHE, ROMANE, BIZANTINE, MEDIOEVALI E MOD- sets are few and far between, and the general consensus is that the ERNE, ITALIANE E ESTERE, MEDAGLIE PAPALI, ITAL- plates in these earlier Forni printings are superior to those found in IANE E ESTERE. Napoli, 28 Giugno 1923 e giorni seguenti. 4to, the volumes printed in the 1970s and 1980s. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. later maroon cloth, gilt. (8), 104 pages; 1458 lots; fine portrait of Daehn 1776. Grierson 54–55. Kroh 10 (four stars): “the most utilized Caruso; 64 fine phototype plates. Some marginal discoloration reference work for Greek coins ... they still remain essential refer- to opening leaves; a bit musty. Very good. $200 ences and publish a great many coins not found elsewhere.” An important collection of gold coins formed by the celebrated Ital- ian grand opera tenor and sold less than two years after his untimely The Roman Fleets death in 1921 at age 48. Though most important for ancient and Italian on Coinage coins, the sale featured 36 lots of United States and pioneer gold coins, 24 nearly all illustrated, including several fractional California pieces. A Burzio, Humberto F. LA scarce catalogue. Clain-Stefanelli 7966. Grierson 275. Spring 96 [also MARINA EN LA MONEDA listed under “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins” and “Most ROMANA. Buenos Aires, 1961. important sales of Byzantine coins”]. 8vo, original printed card covers. 179, (5) pages; text illustrations Cayón’s Four-Volume Compendium of Roman Coins depicting ancient Roman coins. 29 Cayón, Juan R. COMPENDIO DE LAS MONEDAS Previous owner’s stamps. Very DEL IMPERIO ROMANO. VOLUMEN I–VOLUMEN IV: good or better. $150 DE POMPEYO EL GRANDE (81 A.C.) A ANASTASIO (491 A scholarly masterpiece. One of only D.C.). Madrid, 1990–95. Four volumes. 4to, original matching 200 copies issued. Clain-Stefanelli pictorial tan leatherette. xxxi, (1), 780, (14); xvi, 781–1489, (15); 4747. Ferrari * 737: “Estudio sobre el poderio marítimo del Imperio ix, (1), 1491–2390, (6); ix, (1), 2391–3255, (7) pages; numerous Romano a través de sus monedas. Es text illustrations of coins throughout; valuations. Bindings a bit más importante el estudio histórico rubbed, else near fine. $200 y descriptivo de las piezas monetarias que el específicamente numis- Kroh 70: “basically a handbook of types with valuations.” Ex William matográfico, en el que se encuentran omisiones que no desmerecen la A. Burd Library. obra.” Ex William A. Burd Library. Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 7 Reprint Set of Cohen The book provides detailed numismatic and historical information on 30 his coinage, illustrating over 1200 coins on the 61 plates and classifying Cohen, Henry, continuée par (Félix) Feuardent. DE- coins by type, mint, metal, issue and rarity. A CD is included with the SCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DES MONNAIES FRAPPÉES volume, providing an inventory and provenances for some 5000 coins. SOUS L’EMPIRE ROMAIN COMMUNÉMENT APPELÉES Ex William A. Burd Library. MÉDAILLES IMPÉRIALES. Reprint. Graz: Akademische Druck– u. Verlagsanstalt, 1955. Eight volumes complete. Small Rare Dupriez Auction Catalogue with 14 Plates 8vo, original matching green cloth, gilt; red spine labels. Spines 36 Dupriez, Ch. MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE ROMAIN. sunned; very good or better. $150 MONNAIES DU MOYEN AGE. MONNAIES ANTIQUES A modern reprint of this still widely used work. Clain-Stefanelli 4015*. GRECQUES. CATALOGUE Nº 120f. Bruxelles, 23–24 octobre Grierson 74. Ex William A. Burd Library. 1934. 8vo, original printed card covers. 60 pages; 840 lots; 14 fine plates with tissue guards. Front wrap taped at spine. Very good Cambridge Ancient History: Late Republic 31 or better. $150 Crook, J.A., et al. [editors]. THE CAMBRIDGE AN- Rare: possibly the first plated copy we have handled. According to the CIENT HISTORY. VOLUME IX: THE LAST AGE OF THE front cover, the catalogue was issued with and without plates, for the ROMAN REPUBLIC, 146–43 B.C. Cambridge: Cambridge former of which there was a charge. The plates illustrate mostly Roman University Press, 2010. 8vo, original russet cloth, gilt. xviii, 929, coins, though there are some Greek and early medieval coins as well. (5) pages; text illustrations; map. Fine. $150 Spring 144. Ex William A. Burd Library. A definitive reference work. Ex William A. Burd Library. The Very Rare Lehmann Collection of Art, Daehn’s Bibliography of Greek Coins Antiquities & Coins 32 Daehn, William E. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 Feuardent Frères et al. COLLECTION LEHMANN. OF ANCIENT GREEK NUMISMATICS. Lancaster: CNG, 2012 CATALOGUE DES OBJETS D’ART ET D’AMEUBLEMENT, [2013]. Second, expanded edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. FAIENCES — PORCELAINES — OBJETS VARIÉS, SCULP- (2), viii, 652, (2) pages. Fine. $150 TURES ... BRONZES — PENDULES, CHAISES EN TAPIS- The expanded second edition. While the first edition focused exclusively SERIE DE BEAUVAIS, SIÈGES & MEUBLES, TAPISSERIES ... on works in English, Daehn dramatically expanded the scope and utility Paris, 4–5 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHMANN. CATA- of his bibliography by including works in other languages in the second LOGUE DES TABLEAUX ANCIENS ... PASTELS ... DESSINS edition. Indispensable to anyone seriously interested in ancient Greek ANCIENS ... Paris, 8 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHM- numismatics. Features 6789 entries, several indices and a concordance of Clain-Stefanelli numbers. Ex William A. Burd Library. ANN. CATALOGUE DES TABLEAUX ANCIENS DES ÉCOLES DU MOYEN AGE ET DE LA RENAISSANCE ET DES ÉCOLES Greek Coins in the Bibliothèque Nationale FLAMANDE & HOLLANDAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE ... Paris, 33 12–13 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHMANN. CATA- Dieudonné, A., and Jules Feuardent. CHOIX DE MON- LOGUE DES ANTIQUITÉS ÉGYPTIENNES, GRECQUES, NAIES ET MEDAILLES DU CABINET DE FRANCE. MON- ROMAINES. TERRE ÉMAILLÉE, IVOIRE, VERRE, TERRE NAIES GRECQUES D’ITALIE ET DE SICILE. Paris: Chez C. CUITE, BRONZE, PIERRE, INTAILLES, CAMÉES, ORFÈVRE- Rollin et Feuardent, 1913. 8vo, original printed wraps. (8), 83, RIE, MONNAIES GRECQUES ET FRANÇAISES. Paris, 11 juin (1) pages; 213 detailed descriptions; 10 very fine plates of coins. 1925. Four volumes. 4to, original printed heavy card covers. (2), 45, Unopened and fine. $100 An underappreciated catalogue of coins in the Bibliothèque Nationale; (1) + (2), 80, (2) + (2), 155, (3) + (2), 29, (1) pages, printed on thick quite scarce until recent years, when a small quantity was discovered in paper; 413 + 136 lots; (55) + (43) + (57) + 16 exceptionally fine he- Europe. Not in Daehn. liotype plates, some of them double. Entirely and neatly hand-priced and named. Minor bumps and other signs of light wear. Generally Dressel on Roman Medallions in Berlin Cabinets unopened and near fine. $200 34 Dressel, Heinrich. DIE RÖMISCHEN MEDAILLONE Very rare: the first set we have been privileged to offer in over twenty- DES MÜNZKABINETS DER STAATLICHEN MUSEEN ZU five years. The Lehmann catalogues are an extraordinary testament to an enormous and skillfully assembled collection of fine and decorative BERLIN. Dublin and Zürich: Weidmann, 1972–73. Two vol- art, furniture, antiquities, porcelain, clocks, sculpture ... and coins. The umes. Textband 8vo; tafelband 4to; both in original printed card fourth volume includes a small but exquisite group of twenty ancient covers. xv, (1), 484, (2) pages; occasional text illustrations; 34 Greek and French coins, some of which are depicted on the eighth plate plates. Fine. $250 (all ten of the ancient Greek coins are illustrated). Lugt 88767 (Part IV). Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4958. Ex William A. Burd Library. Spring 172 (Part IV). The Coinage of Maxentius The Weber Catalogue 35 Drost, Vincent. LE MONAYAGE DE MAXENCE (306– 38 Forrer, L. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COL- 312 APRÈS J.-C.). Zürich: Société Suisse de Numismatique, LECTION OF GREEK COINS FORMED BY SIR HERMANN 2013. 4to, original blue cloth printed in silver; jacket. 363 pages; WEBER. Reprint. New York, 1975. Three volumes, complete. text illustrations; map; 61 coin plates. CD included. Summaries Crown 4to, original matching maroon cloth, gilt. 1976 pages; 317 in English, German and Italian. Fine. $100 plates. Near fine. $100 An important new publication on the extensive coinage of this tetrarch. The useful reprint of this magnificent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 2001*. 8 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 Daehn 2042. Grierson 57. Kroh 10: “One excellent feature of this col- Sammlung Franz Trau, Partly Named lection is the large number of Greek and Greek-Imperial bronzes pub- 43 Gilhofer & Ranschburg, and Adolph Hess. SAMMLUNG lished (many unlisted elsewhere) and the very high standard of writing FRANZ TRAU. MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISER. Wien, utilized by Mr. Forrer with introductions to each city and cross-refer- 22. Mai 1935 und folgende Tage. 4to, original printed card cov- ences for all of the coins.” Ex William A. Burd Library. ers. (8), 130 pages; 4727 lots; 2 fine portrait plates; 53 fine plates Franke & Hirmer’s Griechische Münze of coins. Valuations list laid in. Entirely hand-priced and partly 39 named in ink. Near fine. $150 Franke, Peter R., and Max Hirmer. DIE GRIECHISCHE A scarce and important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 4086*. Grierson 288: “Col- MÜNZE. München, 1964. 4to, original gray cloth, gilt; picto- lection très importante.” Spring 190 [also listed under “Most important rial jacket; housed in original cardboard slipcase. 173, (1) pages; sales of Roman Imperial coins”]. 220 most attractive plates of enlarged illustrations of coins, 20 in color. Jacket torn, else fine. $100 The Lockett Greek Sales Includes the same exceptional color illustrations found in Kraay & 44 Glendining & Co. CATALOGUE OF THE CEL- Hirmer’s indispensable Greek Coins, published two years later. Clain- EBRATED COLLECTION OF COINS FORMED BY THE Stefanelli 1823. Daehn 65. LATE RICHARD CYRIL LOCKETT, ESQ. GREEK: PARTS The Silver Coins of Lampsakos I–IV. London, 1955–61. Four parts, complete. Crown 4to, orig- 40 inal printed card covers. 130; 83, (1); 67, (1); 118, (2) pages. [Fritze, Hans von, and] Hugo Gaebler [editors]. NO- 3125 lots; 38 + 23 + 15 + 35 fine plates of coins. All but first with MISMA: UNTERSUCHUNGEN AUF DEM GEBIETE DER price realized printed alongside each lot; first is hand-priced. ANTIKEN MÜNZKUNDE. Vol. XII. Berlin: Mayer & Müller, Near fine or better. $200 1923. First edition. Tall 4to, plain wraps. (4), 46 pages; 2 very fine A highly important series of sales, indispensable to collectors and stu- plates of ancient Greek coins. Rear wrap detached; untrimmed dents of ancient Greek coins. Clain-Stefanelli 1971*. Daehn 2047. Gri- and near fine. $100 erson 284. Spring 232–235 [also listed under “Most important sales of The final volume of this rare and most important series of groundbreak- ancient Greek coins”]. ing monographs on ancient Greek coins, featuring outstanding coin plates. This issue begins with Gaebler’s obituary for co-editor Hans von Gnecchi’s Medaglioni Romani Fritze, who died in 1919. Gaebler’s “Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos” 45 is the keynote article for this issue, which also includes the Register for Gnecchi, Francesco. I MEDAGLIONI ROMANI. Re- the entire series. Clain-Stefanelli 744. Daehn 239a. print. Bologna: Forni, 1968. Three volumes, complete [plates bound with relevant text volumes]. Tall 4to, original mustard Frolova & Abramzon on Olbia cloth, gilt. Frontispiece; lxviii, 83, (5); (16), 158, (6); (16), 234, (6) 41 Frolova, N.A., and M.G. Abramzon. МОНЕТЫ pages; 162 plates. Near fine. $250 ОЛЬВИИ В СОБРАНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО The standard work. Clain-Stefanelli 4963*. Grierson 84. Ex William A. Burd Library. ИСТОРИЧЕСКОГО МУЗЕЯ. КАТАЛОГ. Moscow, 2005. 8vo, original gray leatherette, gilt. 359, (1) pages, including 113 Green’s Massive 1829 Numismatic Atlas halftone plates. Fine. $100 46 A standard work on Olbia, being a catalogue of the holdings in the State Green, Benjamin Rich- Historical Museum. Infrequently available. ard. ATLAS NUMISMA- TIQUE DE L’HISTOIRE Gallatin on Syracusan Decadrachms ANCIENNE: EN VINGT- 42 Gallatin, Albert. SYRA- ET-UNE PLANCHES. CON- CUSAN DEKADRACHMS TENANT UN CHOIX DE 360 OF THE EUAINETOS TYPE. MÉDAILLES GRECQUES, Cambridge: Harvard University DE ROIS, PLACÉES EN OR- Press, 1930. 4to, original blue DRE CHRONOLOGIQUE, cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. DEPUIS L’ÉPOQUE LA Frontispiece; (4), 53, (1) pages; PLUS RECULÉE JUSQU’AU 12 very fine enlarged plates. COMMENCEMENT DU Near fine. $300 QUATRIÈME SIÈCLE. TI- A handsomely produced work, still RÉES DES OUVRAGES DE of considerable value. Clain-Ste- PELLERIN, DUANE, VIS- fanelli 2262*. Daehn 3148: “Illus- CONTI, COMBE, MION- trates all the known varieties of the NET, &C. Paris: Chez Treuttel Syracusan dekadrachms which bear et Würtz, 1829. Folio [43 by 31.5 cm], modern tan leatherette, the signature of Euainetos or which gilt. Printed title; dedication leaf, ii, 30 pages; leaf of tables; have a similar head on the obverse and are similar in design to the coins hand-colored plate of the “Grandeur et Valeur des Monnaies so inscribed.” Ex Q. David Bowers Library. Grecques”; 21 handsome hand-colored lithographic plates of coins with descriptive text printed on thick stock. Binding Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 9 rubbed and a bit worn, but remarkably well-preserved for a book Coinage in the Iron Age of this size. Fine. $200 50 Heesch, Johan van, and Inge Heeren [editors]. COIN- A well-preserved copy of this rare work, complete and vibrantly colored. AGE IN THE IRON AGE: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF SIMONE Green was a well-known watercolor painter, and published his remark- SCHEERS. London: Spink, 2009. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; able Atlas when he was only twenty-one years old. Leitzmann 50. Ex jacket. Frontispiece; xxii, 439, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. $100 William A. Burd Library. An important series of essays. Much less frequently encountered than most modern festschriften. Ex William A. Burd Library. First Edition BMC Roman Republican 47 Grueber, H. A. COINS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC An Original Set of Hennin IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1910. First edition. Three 51 Hennin, (Michel D). MANUEL DE NUMISMATIQUE volumes complete. 8vo, later matching red buckram, gilt; top page ANCIENNE... TOME PREMIER: ÉLÉMENTS. TOME SEC- edges gilt. cxxv, (1), 594; (6), 592; (6), 236 pages; tables; text illus- OND: NOMENCLATURE. ATLAS: CONTENANT UN trations; 123 superb autotype plates of coins. Near fine. $250 CHOIX DES PLUS BELLES PIÈCES. Paris, 1872. Three vol- A sound first edition set. Still widely utilized and particularly valuable for umes, complete: two volumes of text and a plate atlas. Small 8vo, historical notes. The plates in the original edition are far superior to those contemporary tan cloth; black morocco spine labels, gilt. viii, found in the reprint. Clain-Stefanelli 3718*. Ex William A. Burd Library. 391, (1); (4), 548; 23, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black A Rare Early American Numismatic Society Imprint incorporating a numismatic engraving; 70 lithographic plates of 48 coins. Spotted and browned as often seen. Very good. $150 Head, Barclay V. A GUIDE TO THE GOLD AND SIL- A scarce classic work, still worthy of a place in a numismatic library. VER COINS OF THE ANCIENTS, EXHIBITED IN ELEC- The best illustrated edition. Included is an excellent bibliography of TROTYPE BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC AND the principal works on ancient numismatics published up to that time, ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY. FROM THE ENGLISH EDI- comprising 253 titles, and including an alphabetical index of authors. Ex TION. New York: 25 University Building, 1884. 8vo, modern William A. Burd Library. brown leatherette, gilt. (4), vii, (1), 128 pages; hundreds of de- tailed descriptions; 70 very fine autotype plates. Several coin il- Silver Coinage of Rhegion lustrations once cut out, now replaced and taped on plate backs; 52 Herzfelder, Hubert. LES MONNAIES D’ARGENT DE else very good. $150 RHEGION, FRAPPÉES ENTRE 461 ET LE MILIEU DU IVe A desirable volume despite less than optimum preservation. The first SIÉCLE AV. J.-C. First separate edition. Paris, 1957. 8vo, origi- illustrated example we recall having encountered. The title cited above nal printed card covers. 154 pages; 20 fine plates of coins. Un- follows that of the second edition 1881 London title (A Guide to the opened. Small tear at top of spine; near fine. $200 Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, from circ. B.C. 700 to Scarce and important. Clain-Stefanelli 2122*: “Basic reference on Rhe- A.D. 1) and, following it, is a “List of Subscribers to the fund for the gium, including latest research.” Daehn 2820. Grierson 63. Kroh 18 (4.5 purchase of the collection of electrotypes of Ancient Coins now exhib- stars): “This is an excellent die-study and reference for the beautiful sil- ited by the American Numismatic and Archæological Society.” Sixty- ver coinage featuring the popular facing lion-scalp in high relief.” Ex eight donors’ names follow, among them Wm. Poillon, Banjamin Betts, Joel Malter, with his bookplate; ex William A. Burd Library. Isaac F. Wood, Lyman H. Low, Frank W. Doughty, Robert Morris, Ed. Frossard, and J.N.T. Levick. An American edition of the text only, in Hill’s Select Greek Coins smaller format, is occasionally encountered. Ex Kolbe Sale 112, lot 109; 53 ex William A. Burd Library. Hill, George F. SELECT GREEK COINS. A SERIES OF ENLARGEMENTS, ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED. First First Edition of Historia Numorum edition. Paris and Brussels, 1927. Folio, original light blue cloth, 49 Head, Barclay V. HISTORIA NUMORUM: A MANUAL gilt. 61, (3) pages; 64 fine plates. Cracking to hinge between OF GREEK NUMISMATICS. Oxford, 1887. First edition. 4to, plates; previous owner’s inscription; very good. $120 original brown quarter morocco, gilt; top page edges gilt. lxxix, A decent copy of this major work, being a superb series of enlarged illus- (1), 807, (1) pages; 400 text illustrations; tables; 5 plates. Armorial trations of artistic Greek coins. The oversized format has resulted in most surviving copies having various binding problems. This example is above bookplate of Baron Delbeke. Spine a bit rubbed; near fine. $100 average. Clain-Stefanelli 3557. Daehn 1168. Ex William A. Burd Library. A superior copy of the first edition of this landmark work. Though re- vised editions of numismatic books are usually preferred, sometimes From the Gutekunst, Niess & Barron Collections it pays to consult the earlier editions. In the revised and enlarged 1911 54 edition of Historia Numorum, the author himself allowed that “(i)t is Hirsch, Jacob. GRIECHISCHE, RÖMISCHE UND possible that, among those who are familiar only in a general way with BYZANTINISCHE MÜNZEN AUS DEM BESITZE VON the old edition of this work, there may be some who, on comparing with COMMERZIENRAT H.G. GUTEKUNST IN STUTTGART, it the present revised edition, will, at first sight, be inclined to think that ALBERT NIESS IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, T.W. BARRON. YEW some portions of what has been omitted were of greater interest than TREE HALL, FOREST GATE (ESSEX) UND AUS HOHEM what has been added.” A 1927 Spink catalogue emphasized that aspect ENGLISCHEN ADELBESITZ. München: No. XXXI., 6. Mai of the 1887 work: “Some portions of the first edition of very great inter- est were omitted from the second, and this fact added to the usefulness 1912 u. ff. Tage. 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 155, (3) pag- of the work in itself makes a copy of that edition well worth acquiring es; 2394 lots; 38 fine plates. Small corner bump, else fine. $150 especially by the young collector.” Clain-Stefanelli 1832*, citing the sec- An attractive copy of this important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 1728. Grier- ond edition. Daehn 90. son 283. Spring 385 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins” and “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins”].

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Sale 147 IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE Featuring Selections from the Libraries of William A. Burd & Q. David Bowers Mail Bid & Live Online Auction Saturday, October 7 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM Absentee bids placed by post, email, fax or phone due by midnight Friday, October 6. Absentee bids may be placed online any time before the sale. 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • numislit.com • [email protected] Prices Realized List Auction 147 w October 7, 2017 1 $160 71 $90 147 $150 219 $150 298 $800 368 $50 436 $65 2 $120 72 $65 149 $100 220 $100 299 $550 369 $160 437 $110 4 $130 73 $190 150 $65 221 $80 300 $190 371 $200 438 $130 5 $225 74 $80 151 $95 222 $150 301 $130 372 $130 440 $225 6 $70 75 $130 152 $130 225 $90 302 $130 373 $160 441 $85 7 $130 76 $100 153 $130 226 $100 303 $65 374 $500 442 $150 8 $85 77 $550 154 $95 227 $110 304 $100 375 $100 443 $120 9 $70 78 $100 156 $180 228 $100 305 $190 377 $85 444 $225 10 $200 79 $150 157 $85 229 $120 306 $65 378 $65 447 $130 11 $130 82 $190 158 $110 230 $100 307 $170 379 $80 448 $250 12 $450 83 $225 159 $65 233 $150 308 $65 380 $110 449 $225 13 $100 84 $325 160 $275 234 $65 309 $950 381 $140 450 $65 14 $70 86 $50 161 $275 235 $50 310 $225 382 $80 451 $70 16 $170 88 $375 163 $80 236 $130 311 $450 383 $100 452 $110 17 $100 89 $300 164 $65 239 $100 312 $250 384 $130 455 $90 19 $65 91 $475 165 $65 244 $130 314 $120 385 $225 456 $130 20 $225 93 $130 166 $140 245 $160 319 $65 386 $110 457 $225 22 $130 94 $100 168 $150 247 $100 320 $70 387 $100 458 $110 23 $900 95 $80 170 $110 248 $200 322 $275 389 $375 459 $95 25 $90 97 $160 171 $200 250 $50 323 $65 390 $275 460 $110 26 $120 98 $325 175 $65 252 $400 324 $425 391 $65 461 $110 27 $225 100 $300 176 $65 253 $90 325 $65 392 $225 462 $130 28 $140 101 $500 180 $100 254 $275 326 $110 393 $65 463 $75 29 $130 102 $65 182 $100 255 $140 329 $65 395 $650 464 $65 31 $100 103 $120 183 $300 257 $65 330 $85 397 $160 465 $325 32 $100 107 $65 185 $70 258 $650 331 $120 398 $90 466 $130 33 $80 108 $160 186 $65 260 $160 332 $250 399 $65 467 $75 38 $65 109 $250 187 $70 261 $180 334 $65 400 $200 468 $650 39 $80 112 $90 190 $300 262 $450 335 $130 402 $130 469 $110 40 $65 113 $225 191 $70 263 $100 336 $190 403 $75 470 $110 41 $275 114 $65 192 $65 266 $65 337 $65 404 $100 471 $100 42 $400 115 $160 193 $65 267 $65 338 $180 405 $180 472 $225 43 $130 116 $120 194 $65 268 $75 340 $90 406 $190 473 $100 45 $125 117 $100 195 $130 269 $170 341 $65 407 $150 474 $190 46 $250 118 $375 196 $200 270 $75 342 $65 408 $150 475 $70 47 $300 119 $65 197 $65 271 $150 344 $275 409 $160 476 $140 49 $275 121 $250 198 $130 272 $130 345 $140 410 $190 477 $65 50 $130 123 $70 199 $130 273 $110 346 $65 412 $75 478 $160 51 $120 124 $75 200 $110 274 $170 347 $130 413 $1400 479 $180 52 $130 125 $475 201 $120 275 $130 348 $100 414 $65 480 $300 53 $85 126 $65 202 $80 276 $180 349 $170 415 $120 481 $225 54 $160 127 $275 203 $65 277 $75 350 $100 416 $190 482 $250 55 $120 128 $65 204 $120 278 $160 351 $100 417 $120 483 $110 56 $70 129 $160 205 $450 279 $550 353 $160 418 $100 484 $325 57 $100 131 $95 206 $65 280 $65 354 $160 419 $65 485 $100 58 $375 132 $100 207 $75 281 $225 355 $850 420 $550 486 $750 59 $80 133 $75 208 $65 283 $160 356 $325 421 $160 487 $750 60 $65 134 $250 209 $130 284 $325 357 $500 422 $110 488 $400 61 $65 135 $180 210 $70 285 $160 358 $180 423 $130 489 $140 62 $160 137 $200 211 $90 286 $225 359 $850 424 $200 490 $180 64 $95 138 $300 212 $65 287 $1100 360 $325 426 $85 491 $80 65 $65 139 $150 213 $130 288 $425 361 $200 427 $400 492 $65 66 $80 140 $65 214 $150 289 $325 362 $275 428 $700 495 $80 67 $70 142 $95 215 $225 292 $140 363 $650 429 $130 497 $130 68 $120 144 $95 216 $150 294 $65 364 $750 430 $225 499 $130 69 $250 145 $160 217 $550 295 $375 365 $425 431 $160 500 $300 70 $90 146 $225 218 $80 297 $80 367 $65 434 $250 Terms of Sale 1. This is an online and mail-bid sale. Absentee bids will be accepted by mail, fax, email and phone until the day before the live online sale. On the day of the live online sale, only bids placed via the live online platform will be accepted: no phone, fax, email or mail bids can be entered on the day of the sale. 2. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of the sale. All bids (whether placed online or by mail, fax, email or phone) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. 3. Absentee bidders should be mindful that bids submitted in irregular increments may be rounded to a lower bid to comply with the online platform’s established bidding increments. 4. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay 7.5% sales tax on the total purchase price of all lots delivered in Ohio. Purchasers may also be liable for compensating use taxes in other states, which are solely the responsibility of the purchaser. Foreign bidders may be required to pay duties, fees or taxes in their respective countries, which are also the responsibility of the bidders. 5. This is not an approval sale. Any claims for adjustment by bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale. 6. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. Registration of unknown bidders on the live online platform will constitute approval only when the bidder provides an acceptable credit card number with registration. 7. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Starting prices for this sale are at approximately two-thirds of estimate, though this may vary. Kolbe & Fanning reserve the right to purchase items in this sale for customers or stock at their discretion. 8. 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BOOK SIZES BOOK CONDITIONS Folio: over 13 inches As new — no signs of wear or defects. 4to (quarto): 12 inches Fine — nice clean copy, slight signs of use. 8vo (octavo): 9 inches Very good — some wear, no serious defects. 12mo (duodecimo): 7–8 inches Good — average used and worn book, complete. 16mo (sextodecimo): 6–7 inches Reading copy — poor but readable. 24mo (vigesimoquarto): 5–6 inches Ex-library — with library identification marks. 32mo (trigesimosecundo): 4–5 inches All serious defects are noted. The above sizes are intended for modern books; antiquarian books are described based on page format. Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. Copyright © 2017 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC ANCIENT NUMISMATICS Addison on Ancient Coins boards. 60 pages; fine engraved frontispiece plate depicting coins 1 Addison, Joseph. DIALOGUES and the tessère of the title. Near fine. $100 Rare: only the third copy we have offered in many years. Born in 1766, UPON THE USEFULNESS OF AN- M. Louis Allier de Hauteroche served in the diplomatic corps and spent CIENT MEDALS. ESPECIALLY IN much time in Heraclius, Cos, Smyrna and the Levant. Leitzmann 3. RELATION TO THE LATIN AND GREEK POETS. [followed by] THREE Amandry on Corinth SETTS OF MEDALS ILLUSTRATED 4 Amandry, Michel. LE MONNAYAGE DES DUOVIRS BY THE ANCIENT POETS, IN THE CORINTHIENS. Athens, 1988. 8vo, original printed card cov- FOREGOING DIALOGUES. Vol. III ers. vi, (2), 269, (3) pages; 48 fine plates of coins. Small corner of Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and bump; near fine. $200 Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Jo- A highly important work on the bronze coinage struck under Roman seph Addison, Esq; With Some Account authority in Corinth; in considerable demand. Kroh 39 (five stars): “a of the Life and Writings of the Author, virtual die corpus of these issues. ... An exceptional work, with ... excep- by Mr. Tickell. London: Printed for J. tional plates.” and R. Tonson and S. Draper in the Strand, 1746. Small 8vo, contemporary Anson’s Numismata Graeca in Original 13 Parts French full mottled calf; spine with 5 Anson, L. NUMISMATA GRAECA: GREEK COIN five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; TYPES, CLASSIFIED FOR IMMEDIATE IDENTIFICA- board edges decorated in gilt; silk marker; contemporary mar- TION. TEXT: PARTS I–VI ... SMALL NUMISMATIC DIC- bled endpapers; all page edges red. 328, (8) pages, including 31 TIONARY ... RECORD OF RECENT AUCTION PRICES / plates illustrating Roman coins. Binding sound, but worn, with GENERAL GUIDE—INDEX / SUMMARY AND PLATES: loss to upper fore-edge corner of rear board and with spine head PARTS I–VI. First edition. London, 1910–16. Thirteen parts chipped; small nick to spine label. Contents very fresh. Very complete. 4to, original printed card covers. xli, (1), (2), viii, ix, good, overall. $200 (1), ix, (1), viii, x, vii, (1), viii, 138, (4), 112, (4), 152, (4), 99, (1), A rare edition of this work, handsomely bound though worn. A defense (4), 146, (4), 108, 20, 7, (1) pages; 27 + 25 + 30 + 21 + 25 + 22 of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eu- fine plates depicting 3667 different coins, including illustrations genius and Philander, followed by three series of woodcut plates of Ro- of 6856 obverses and reverses. Original spines worn, as usual, man coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope’s “Verses Occasion’d by Mr. with a couple covers detached and one blank rear cover lacking. Addison’s Treatise of Medals.” Addison was one of the most important English essayists, and was, through The Spectator (which he published A very good set. $300 with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His A most useful attribution aid, arranged using the following categories: 1) opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. This volume also Industry; 2) War; 3) Agriculture; 4) Religion; 5) Architecture; 6) Naval includes Addison’s “The Present State of the War” and “Of the Christian and Marine; 7) Science & the Arts; and 8) Various. Rarely encountered Religion.” Dekesel A44. Hirsch 2 (citing the 1726 edition). Lipsius 4 (cit- as originally published in 13 separate card-covered volumes. Clain-Ste- ing the 1726 edition). Ex Q. David Bowers Library. fanelli 3406*. Daehn 860: “A comprehensive guide to identifying Greek coins.” Grierson 59. Kroh 8 and 66: “This work identifies Greek coins The Constantinian Gold Coinage having as their devices inanimate objects (excluding animals, gods and 2 humans).” Ex Joe Der library (John Bergman Sale 6, lot 670). Alföldi, Maria R. DIE CONSTANTINISCHE GOLDPRÄ- GUNG, UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZU IHRER BEDEUTUNG Ars Classica IV: Grand Duke Alexander FÜR KAISERPOLITIK UND HOFKUNST. Mainz, 1963. 4to, Mikhailovich & Sir Arthur Evans original gray cloth, gilt. xi, (1), 236, (2) pages; text illustrations; 1 + 6 [Ars Classica IV]. Naville et Cie. IV. MONNAIES 41 plates. Covers a bit discolored; near fine. $100 Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4354. Kroh 89: “an in-depth study and virtual GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DES COLLEC- corpus of the Constantinian gold coinage.” Ex William A. Burd Library. TIONS DE S.A.I. LE GRAND-DUC ALEXANDRE MICHA- ÏLOVITCH, DE SIR ARTHUR EVANS ET D’AUTRES AMA- Early Work on Tesserae TEURS. Lucerne, 17–19 juin 1922. 4to, original printed card 3 Allier de Hauteroche, L. ESSAI SUR L’EXPLICATION covers. (6), 73, (1) pages; 1035 lots; 36 fine plates depicting every D’UNE TESSÈRE ANTIQUE PORTANT DEUX DATES; ET coin offered. Small corner bump, else fine. $100 CONJECTURES SUR L’ÈRE DE LA VILLE DE BÉRYTE EN Clain-Stefanelli 1977. Daehn 2085. Grierson 278. Spring 474 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”]. PHÉNICIE; SUIVIES DE LA DESCRIPTION D’UNE MÉ- DAILLE GRECQUE, ANECDOTE, EN ARGENT, OFFRANT Both Bement Greek Coin Sales LES PORTRAITS DE DÉMÉTRIUS Ier, ROI DE SYRIE, ET DE 7 [Ars Classica VI & VII] Naville et Cie. VI. CATALOGUE LAODICE SA FEMME. Paris, 1820. Small 4to, original printed DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN 4 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 ARGENT COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLAR- Babelon’s Les Perses Achéménides ENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.). PREMIÈRE 11 Babelon, Ernest. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES PARTIE: IBÉRIE À EUBÉE INCL. Lucerne, 28 janvier 1924 and GRECQUES DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE. LES following. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 90, (2) pages; PERSES ACHÉMÉNIDES, LES SATRAPES ET LES DYNAS- 1082 lots; 37 fine plates depicting all coins offered. Fine. [with] TES TRIBUTAIRES DE LEUR EMPIRE CYPRE & PHÉNI- Naville et Cie. VII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES CIE. Paris: Chez C. Rollin & Feuardent, 1893. Small 4to, original ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN ARGENT COMPOSANT LA COL- printed card covers. (4), cxciv, (2), 412 pages; text illustrations; LECTION DE FEU CLARENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADEL- 39 fine plates. Unopened and clearly never used, but the binding PHIE (U.S.A.). SECONDE PARTIE: ATTIQUE À MAURITA- has cracked in several places (still intact) and it requires binding; NIE INCL. Lucerne, 23–24 juin 1924. 4to, original printed card very good as is, but restorable to fine. $200 covers. (4), 84 pages; lots 1083–1909; 31 fine plates numbered Still-important and well-illustrated. Clain-Stefanelli 3059*. Daehn 6181. 38–68 depicting all single-coin lots. Hand-priced in ink. Spine a Grierson 89. bit worn; very good or better. $200 Both Ars Classica sales offering the magnificent Greek coins of Clarence The Traité on Northern Greece, Alexander, &c. S. Bement. Clain-Stefanelli 1942*. Daehn 2086. Grierson 280. Spring 12 Babelon, Ernest. TRAITÉ DES MONNAIES GRECQUES 476–477 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek ET ROMAINES. DEUXIÈME PARTIE: DESCRIPTION HIS- coins”]. TORIQUE. TOME QUATRIÈME: COMPRENANT LES MON- The Bement Roman Coins NAIES DE LA GRÈCE SEPTENTRIONALE AUX Ve ET IVe 8 SIÈCLES AVANT J.-C. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1926. Lacking title [Ars Classica VIII] Naville et Cie. VIII. CATALOGUE DE page; iv pages; 1100 double columns [550 pages]. [with] ALBUM MONNAIES ROMAINES ANTIQUES EN OR, ARGENT ET DES PLANCHES. PLANCHES CCLXXI À CCCLV. Paris: Er- BRONZE COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLAR- nest Leroux, 1926. 85 very fine plates of coins. Two volumes. 8vo ENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.). Lucerne, 25– and 4to [differing sizes, as issued], later matching pebbled ma- 28 juin 1924. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 107, (1) pages; roon cloth, gilt. Fine or nearly so. $600 1770 lots; 64 fine plates. Spine hand-lettered; near fine. $100 Of the highest importance. Clain-Stefanelli, in Numismatics—An An- The important Ars Classica sale offering the magnificent Roman coins cient Science, heaps praise on Babelon and his many authoritative works of Clarence S. Bement. Clain-Stefanelli 1942*. Grierson 280. Spring 478 on Greek numismatics, calling the Traité “his greatest work.” Complete [also listed under “Most important sales of aes grave,” “Most important set are infrequently offered. The present volumes are those dedicated sales of struck Roman Republican coins,” “Most important sales of Ro- to northern Greece and cover Acarnania, Epirus, Corcyra, Illyricum, man Imperial coins” and “Most important sales of Byzantine coins”]. Thessaly, Macedon (including Philip II and Alexander), Thrace, etc. Clain-Stefanelli 1809*: “An unfinished but monumental work, indis- Ars Classica XIII: Allatini et al. pensable for the scholar.” Daehn 19. Grierson 52. 9 Ars Classica. NO. XIII. CATALOGUE DE MONNAIES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, BIBLIOTHÈQUE NUMISMA- Complete Set of Demareteion TIQUE, COMPOSANT LES COLLECTIONS DE FEU LE CAV. 13 Babelon, Jean [publisher]. DEMARETEION: NUMIS- ROBERTO ALLATINI, LONDRES, DE M. LE CAP. E.G.S. SPEN- MATIQUE–GLYPTIQUE–ARCHÉOLOGIE–HAUTE CURI- CER CHURCHILL, NORTHWICK PARK, DE FEU LE PROF. OSITÉ. Vol. 1, Nos. 1–4, and Vol. 2, No 1, complete. Paris 1935– OSCAR BLOCH, COPENHAGUE, DE FEU LE COL. G. VEITH, 36. All issued. 4to, original printed wraps. (4), 209, (1); 64 pages, VIENNE, ET DE PLUSIERS AUTRES AMATEURS. Lucerne, 27– plus preliminaries and advertisements; numerous text illustra- 29 juin, 1928. 4to, original printed card covers. (6), 106, (2) pages; tions. Moderate wear and one tear to wraps. Near fine. $150 1597 lots; 48 fine plates. Covers chipped; very good. $100 A complete set of this scarce and interesting publication, largely numis- Clain-Stefanelli 1681. Grierson 278. Spring 482 [also listed under “Most matic in content. Clain-Stefanelli 534. important sales of ancient Greek coins” and “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins”]. De Luynes, Part IV 14 Babelon, Jean. CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION Babelon’s Classic Work on Roman Republican Coins DE LUYNES. MONNAIES GRECQUES: IV: SYRIE, ÉGYPTE, 10 Babelon, Ernest. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE ET CYRÉNAÏQUE, MAURÉTANIE, ZEUGITANE, NUMIDIE. CHRONOLOGIQUE DES MONNAIES DE LA RÉPUB- First edition. Jules Florange et Louis Ciani, éditeurs. Paris, 1936. LIQUE ROMAINE, VULGAIREMENT APPELÉES MON- Text and plate volume, complete. Small 4to, original printed card NAIES CONSULAIRES. Paris, 1885. Two volumes. 8vo, covers with matching printed plate portfolio. (4), 146, (4) pages; somewhat later black cloth, gilt. xii, lvi, 562; (4), 669 (1) pages; 37 fine plates numbered 118–154 depicting coins. Fine. $100 coin illustrations throughout the text. Private library labels to The fourth and final volume of this most important collection, belong- spines. Very good. $250 ing to the noted numismatist Honoré-Théodore-Paul-Joseph, d’Albert, Ex Rev. R. Butin, with his stamp. The scarce original edition of a classic duc de Luynes. Clain-Stefanelli 1883*. Daehn 1756. Grierson 57. work, of fundamental importance at the time of publication and long after. Clain-Stefanelli 3714*. Ex William A. Burd Library. The Walter Niggeler Sales 15 Bank Leu and Münzen und Medaillen. SAMMLUNG WALTER NIGGELER. 1.–4. TEIL: GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN. Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 5 RÖMISCHE MÜNZEN. SCHWEIZ. ITALIEN. Four cata- plate folder. xxiii, (1), 228 pages, 7 folding maps and tables; xi, (1) logues, complete. Basel, 1965–67. 4to, original printed card cov- pages, 40 fine plates. Fine. $150 ers. 67, (1) + 63, (1) + 64 + 28 pages; 1604 + 250 lots; frontispiece Antike Münzen und geschnittene Steine, Band V. Clain-Stefanelli 2304*. portrait; 116 plates in all; original or photocopy prices realized Daehn 269. lists laid into first two sales. Very good to fine. $100 Rare Numismatic Works of Bartolomeo Borghesi The complete set of catalogues of this notable collection. Clain-Stefanel- 18 li 1981. Daehn 2025. Grierson 285. Spring 412–414 [412 also listed un- Borghesi, Bartolomo. ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES DE der “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”; 413 also listed under BARTOLOMEO BORGHESI. PUBLIÉES PAR LES ORDRES “Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins” and Roman ET AUX FRAIS DE S. M. L’EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON III. Imperial coins”; 414 also listed under “Most important sales of Roman ŒUVRES NUMISMATIQUES. TOME DEUXIÈME. Paris: Im- Imperial coins”]. primerie Impériale, 1864. Second volume only, of two. 4to [27 by 23 cm], contemporary brown half morocco with mottled boards; Eight BCD Sales of Ancient Greek Coins 16 all page edges marbled. (2), 560 pages; 2 plates of coins finely en- [BCD]. Various firms. CATALOGUES OFFERING graved by Dardel. Cracked at hinges; plates stained (though not COINS FROM THE BCD COLLECTION. Eight catalogues, as pages, suggesting something happened prior to binding). Very follows: good, overall. $100 Leu Numismatics. COINS OF OLYMPIA. THE BCD COL- The second volume of this very rare work, the first volume of which was LECTION. Zürich, May 10, 2004. 4to, original pictorial card published two years earlier. “At about the same time that E. Beulé pub- covers. 100, (4) pages; 345 lots; illustrated. Prices realized list. lished his book Les Monnaies d’Athènes ... the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres began to issue Borghesi’s Oeuvres, under the personal Classical Numismatic Group. TRITON IX: THE BCD COL- initiative of Emperor Napoleon III; the first two volumes, published in LECTION OF THE COINAGE OF BOIOTIA. New York, 1862 (sic), were exclusively devoted to numismatics” (Babelon, page Jan. 10, 2006. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 136 pages; 144). Count Bartolomeo Borghesi (1781–1860) was an early influence 630 lots; errata slip; illustrated. Prices realized list. on Theodor C. Mommsen’s Die Geschichte des römischen Münzwesens Classical Numismatic Group. MAIL BID SALE 72: FEA- (see M.H. Crawford’s “From Borghesi to Mommsen: The Creation of an Exact Science,” in Medals and Coins from Budé to Mommsen [1990]). TURING ... A SECOND OFFERING OF BOIOTIAN Engel & Serrure 697. Leitzmann 15. COINAGE FROM THE BCD COLLECTION... Lancaster, June 14, 2006. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 440 pages; Thirteen Émile Bourgey Sales 2911 lots; illustrated. BCD lots are 536–674. 19 Bourgey, Émile. AUCTION CATALOGUES FEATUR- LHS Numismatics. COINS OF PELOPONNESOS. THE ING ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL AND MODERN COINS & BCD COLLECTION. Zürich, May 8–9, 2006. 4to, original MEDALS. Paris, 1973–77. Includes sales dated: 8 avril 1973; pictorial boards. 423, (1) pages; 1775 lots; illustrated. 16–17 mai 1973; 27 juin 1973; 21–22 novembre 1973; 25–26 Münzen und Medaillen. SAMMLUNG BCD. AKAR- mars 1974; 17–18 juin 1974; 24–25 juin 1975; 4–6 novembre NANIEN UND AETOLIEN. Stuttgart, 18. Oktober 2007. 1975; 10–12 mars 1976; 9–10 novembre 1976; 25 mars 1977; Crown 4to, original pictorial card covers. 176 pages; 591 lots; 13–14 juin 1977; and 5–6 décembre 1977. Varying formats, illustrated. all in original printed card covers. Generally very good to fine Classical Numismatic Group. THE BCD COLLECTION OF with estimation sheets. $100 COINS OF THE PELOPONNESOS, PART II. Lancaster, Includes some notable sales. That of 10–12 mars 1976 is Spring 59. May 20, 2009. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 128 pages; Deluxe Three-Volume Boutin Reprint & 921 lots; illustrated. Reconstruction of Pozzi Nomos. AUCTION 4. COINS OF THESSALY, THE BCD 20 COLLECTION. Zürich, 10 May 2011. 4to, original pictorial Boutin, Serge. CATALOGUE DES MONNAIES boards. 167, (1) pages; 437 lots; illustrated in color. GRECQUES ANTIQUES DE L’ANCIENNE COLLECTION POZZI. MONNAIES FRAPPÉES EN EUROPE. TEXTE ET Classical Numismatic Group. TRITON XV: THE BCD COL- PLANCHES. Monaco: Le Louis d’Or, 1992. Nouvelle édition. LECTION OF THE COINAGE OF THESSALY. New York, Two volumes. xii, (2), 290, (90), (4) pages; 4 plates of mono- Jan. 3, 2012. 4to, original pictorial boards. 415, (1) pages; 1000 grams; 202 fine plates of coins. [as issued with] MONNAIES lots; heavily illustrated throughout, with color map. GRECQUES ANTIQUES PROVENANT DE LA COLLEC- Generally fine. $150 TION DE FEU LE PROF. S. POZZI. Monaco: Le Louis d’Or, Eight of the hugely important BCD catalogues of ancient Greek coins. 1992 reprint. (12), 194, (2), (64) pages; tables; 3334 lots; 101 fine Taken as a whole, these extraordinary sales comprise a modern schol- plates of coins. 4to, uniformly bound in richly grained green arly reference to the regions covered. leatherette, gilt; housed in a matching slipcase. Fine. $350 Chronology of Hellenistic Coinage A handsome production, issued in a limited edition of three volumes, 17 comprising the best edition of Boutin’s work, describing in detail and il- Boehringer, Christof. ZUR CHRONOLOGIE MITTEL- lustrating 4630 European ancient Greek coins (including 1500 magnifi- HELLENISTISCHER MÜNZSERIEN 220–160 V. CHR. Ber- cent bronzes and 1000 additional silver coins auctioned in 1921), along lin, 1972. 4to, original green cloth, gilt, as issued with matching with an excellent reprint of the 1921 auction sale with estimates of the 6 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 results calculated at today’s values for all of the coins catalogued. Daehn Roman Provincial Coinage VII 2031. Kroh page 11 (four stars). 25 Butcher, Marguerite Spoerri. ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINAGE. VOLUME VII: DE GORDIEN Ier À GORDIEN III Scarce Collection of Essays by Boutkowski (238–244 APRÉS J.-C.). 1. PROVINCE D’ASIE. London and 21 Boutkowski-Glinka, Alexandre. RECUEIL SPÉCIAL Paris, 2006. First edition. 4to, original red cloth lettered in white. DE GRANDES CURIOSITÉS INÉDITES ET PEU CON- 395, (5) pages; 67 plates of coins. Fine. $100 NUES DANS LE CHAMP DE L’ARCHÉOLOGIE, DE LA Essential. Ex William A. Burd Library. NUMISMATIQUE ET DE L’ÉPIGRAPHIE. Paris, 1892. 8vo, original printed wraps. 58, (2) pages; text illustrations. Un- Cahn on Naxos opened; fine. $100 26 Cahn, Herbert A. DIE MÜNZEN DER SIZILISCHEN A collection of essays, mostly concentrating on ancient coins. Bout- STADT NAXOS. EIN BEITRAG ZUR KUNSTGESCHICHTE kowski (Butkowski, Butkovskii), 1826–1894, is perhaps best known to- DES GRIECHISCHEN WESTENS. First edition. Basel, 1944. day for his Petit Mionnet (1889). Quite scarce. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth, gilt. 168 pages; 12 fine plates. La- Cambridge Ancient History: Empire in Crisis bel stain to spine; light wear. Very good. $150 22 Ex American Numismatic Society library, with their bookplate. Clain- Bowman, Alan K., et al. [editors]. THE CAMBRIDGE Stefanelli 2246*: “Emphasizes economic as well as artistic aspects.” Dae- ANCIENT HISTORY. VOLUME XII: THE CRISIS OF EM- hn 3062. Grierson 63. Kroh 20 (five stars): “an excellent die-corpus ... PIRE, A.D. 193–337. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, and still the standard reference.” Ex William A. Burd Library. 2005. 8vo, original russet cloth, gilt; jacket. xviii, 965, (1) pages; text illustrations; folding map. Fine. $150 Campana on the Social War Coinage A definitive reference work. Ex William A. Burd Library. 27 Campana, Alberto. LA MONETAZIONE DEGLI IN- SORTI ITALICI DURANTE LA GUERRA SOCIALE (91–87 The Complete BMC Greek A.C.). Soliera, 1987. 4to, original heavy card covers; jacket. xv, 23 (1), 153, (1) pages; 12 plates of coins. Page edges a bit spotted; [British Museum]. A CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK minor cover wear. Still near fine. $250 COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Twenty-nine vol- Absolutely essential for this coinage. umes, complete. Bologna, 1963–65 Forni reprints. 8vo, orig- inal blue cloth, gilt. 10,688 pages; text illustrations; maps; ta- Canessa’s Sale of the Enrico Caruso Collection bles; 952 plates of coins. A few volumes with cracked hinges, 28 Canessa, C. & E. COLLEZIONE DEL FU COMM. as commonly seen. Generally a near fine set. $1200 ENRICO CARUSO. MONETE E MEDAGLIE IN ORO: The useful reprints of the most comprehensive and important stan- dard reference work on ancient Greek coins ever published. Original GRECHE, ROMANE, BIZANTINE, MEDIOEVALI E MOD- sets are few and far between, and the general consensus is that the ERNE, ITALIANE E ESTERE, MEDAGLIE PAPALI, ITAL- plates in these earlier Forni printings are superior to those found in IANE E ESTERE. Napoli, 28 Giugno 1923 e giorni seguenti. 4to, the volumes printed in the 1970s and 1980s. Clain-Stefanelli 1888*. later maroon cloth, gilt. (8), 104 pages; 1458 lots; fine portrait of Daehn 1776. Grierson 54–55. Kroh 10 (four stars): “the most utilized Caruso; 64 fine phototype plates. Some marginal discoloration reference work for Greek coins ... they still remain essential refer- to opening leaves; a bit musty. Very good. $200 ences and publish a great many coins not found elsewhere.” An important collection of gold coins formed by the celebrated Ital- ian grand opera tenor and sold less than two years after his untimely The Roman Fleets death in 1921 at age 48. Though most important for ancient and Italian on Coinage coins, the sale featured 36 lots of United States and pioneer gold coins, 24 nearly all illustrated, including several fractional California pieces. A Burzio, Humberto F. LA scarce catalogue. Clain-Stefanelli 7966. Grierson 275. Spring 96 [also MARINA EN LA MONEDA listed under “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins” and “Most ROMANA. Buenos Aires, 1961. important sales of Byzantine coins”]. 8vo, original printed card covers. 179, (5) pages; text illustrations Cayón’s Four-Volume Compendium of Roman Coins depicting ancient Roman coins. 29 Cayón, Juan R. COMPENDIO DE LAS MONEDAS Previous owner’s stamps. Very DEL IMPERIO ROMANO. VOLUMEN I–VOLUMEN IV: good or better. $150 DE POMPEYO EL GRANDE (81 A.C.) A ANASTASIO (491 A scholarly masterpiece. One of only D.C.). Madrid, 1990–95. Four volumes. 4to, original matching 200 copies issued. Clain-Stefanelli pictorial tan leatherette. xxxi, (1), 780, (14); xvi, 781–1489, (15); 4747. Ferrari * 737: “Estudio sobre el poderio marítimo del Imperio ix, (1), 1491–2390, (6); ix, (1), 2391–3255, (7) pages; numerous Romano a través de sus monedas. Es text illustrations of coins throughout; valuations. Bindings a bit más importante el estudio histórico rubbed, else near fine. $200 y descriptivo de las piezas monetarias que el específicamente numis- Kroh 70: “basically a handbook of types with valuations.” Ex William matográfico, en el que se encuentran omisiones que no desmerecen la A. Burd Library. obra.” Ex William A. Burd Library. Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 7 Reprint Set of Cohen The book provides detailed numismatic and historical information on 30 his coinage, illustrating over 1200 coins on the 61 plates and classifying Cohen, Henry, continuée par (Félix) Feuardent. DE- coins by type, mint, metal, issue and rarity. A CD is included with the SCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DES MONNAIES FRAPPÉES volume, providing an inventory and provenances for some 5000 coins. SOUS L’EMPIRE ROMAIN COMMUNÉMENT APPELÉES Ex William A. Burd Library. MÉDAILLES IMPÉRIALES. Reprint. Graz: Akademische Druck– u. Verlagsanstalt, 1955. Eight volumes complete. Small Rare Dupriez Auction Catalogue with 14 Plates 8vo, original matching green cloth, gilt; red spine labels. Spines 36 Dupriez, Ch. MONNAIES DE L’EMPIRE ROMAIN. sunned; very good or better. $150 MONNAIES DU MOYEN AGE. MONNAIES ANTIQUES A modern reprint of this still widely used work. Clain-Stefanelli 4015*. GRECQUES. CATALOGUE Nº 120f. Bruxelles, 23–24 octobre Grierson 74. Ex William A. Burd Library. 1934. 8vo, original printed card covers. 60 pages; 840 lots; 14 fine plates with tissue guards. Front wrap taped at spine. Very good Cambridge Ancient History: Late Republic 31 or better. $150 Crook, J.A., et al. [editors]. THE CAMBRIDGE AN- Rare: possibly the first plated copy we have handled. According to the CIENT HISTORY. VOLUME IX: THE LAST AGE OF THE front cover, the catalogue was issued with and without plates, for the ROMAN REPUBLIC, 146–43 B.C. Cambridge: Cambridge former of which there was a charge. The plates illustrate mostly Roman University Press, 2010. 8vo, original russet cloth, gilt. xviii, 929, coins, though there are some Greek and early medieval coins as well. (5) pages; text illustrations; map. Fine. $150 Spring 144. Ex William A. Burd Library. A definitive reference work. Ex William A. Burd Library. The Very Rare Lehmann Collection of Art, Daehn’s Bibliography of Greek Coins Antiquities & Coins 32 Daehn, William E. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 37 Feuardent Frères et al. COLLECTION LEHMANN. OF ANCIENT GREEK NUMISMATICS. Lancaster: CNG, 2012 CATALOGUE DES OBJETS D’ART ET D’AMEUBLEMENT, [2013]. Second, expanded edition. 4to, original pictorial boards. FAIENCES — PORCELAINES — OBJETS VARIÉS, SCULP- (2), viii, 652, (2) pages. Fine. $150 TURES ... BRONZES — PENDULES, CHAISES EN TAPIS- The expanded second edition. While the first edition focused exclusively SERIE DE BEAUVAIS, SIÈGES & MEUBLES, TAPISSERIES ... on works in English, Daehn dramatically expanded the scope and utility Paris, 4–5 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHMANN. CATA- of his bibliography by including works in other languages in the second LOGUE DES TABLEAUX ANCIENS ... PASTELS ... DESSINS edition. Indispensable to anyone seriously interested in ancient Greek ANCIENS ... Paris, 8 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHM- numismatics. Features 6789 entries, several indices and a concordance of Clain-Stefanelli numbers. Ex William A. Burd Library. ANN. CATALOGUE DES TABLEAUX ANCIENS DES ÉCOLES DU MOYEN AGE ET DE LA RENAISSANCE ET DES ÉCOLES Greek Coins in the Bibliothèque Nationale FLAMANDE & HOLLANDAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE ... Paris, 33 12–13 juin 1925. [with] COLLECTION LEHMANN. CATA- Dieudonné, A., and Jules Feuardent. CHOIX DE MON- LOGUE DES ANTIQUITÉS ÉGYPTIENNES, GRECQUES, NAIES ET MEDAILLES DU CABINET DE FRANCE. MON- ROMAINES. TERRE ÉMAILLÉE, IVOIRE, VERRE, TERRE NAIES GRECQUES D’ITALIE ET DE SICILE. Paris: Chez C. CUITE, BRONZE, PIERRE, INTAILLES, CAMÉES, ORFÈVRE- Rollin et Feuardent, 1913. 8vo, original printed wraps. (8), 83, RIE, MONNAIES GRECQUES ET FRANÇAISES. Paris, 11 juin (1) pages; 213 detailed descriptions; 10 very fine plates of coins. 1925. Four volumes. 4to, original printed heavy card covers. (2), 45, Unopened and fine. $100 An underappreciated catalogue of coins in the Bibliothèque Nationale; (1) + (2), 80, (2) + (2), 155, (3) + (2), 29, (1) pages, printed on thick quite scarce until recent years, when a small quantity was discovered in paper; 413 + 136 lots; (55) + (43) + (57) + 16 exceptionally fine he- Europe. Not in Daehn. liotype plates, some of them double. Entirely and neatly hand-priced and named. Minor bumps and other signs of light wear. Generally Dressel on Roman Medallions in Berlin Cabinets unopened and near fine. $200 34 Dressel, Heinrich. DIE RÖMISCHEN MEDAILLONE Very rare: the first set we have been privileged to offer in over twenty- DES MÜNZKABINETS DER STAATLICHEN MUSEEN ZU five years. The Lehmann catalogues are an extraordinary testament to an enormous and skillfully assembled collection of fine and decorative BERLIN. Dublin and Zürich: Weidmann, 1972–73. Two vol- art, furniture, antiquities, porcelain, clocks, sculpture ... and coins. The umes. Textband 8vo; tafelband 4to; both in original printed card fourth volume includes a small but exquisite group of twenty ancient covers. xv, (1), 484, (2) pages; occasional text illustrations; 34 Greek and French coins, some of which are depicted on the eighth plate plates. Fine. $250 (all ten of the ancient Greek coins are illustrated). Lugt 88767 (Part IV). Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4958. Ex William A. Burd Library. Spring 172 (Part IV). The Coinage of Maxentius The Weber Catalogue 35 Drost, Vincent. LE MONAYAGE DE MAXENCE (306– 38 Forrer, L. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COL- 312 APRÈS J.-C.). Zürich: Société Suisse de Numismatique, LECTION OF GREEK COINS FORMED BY SIR HERMANN 2013. 4to, original blue cloth printed in silver; jacket. 363 pages; WEBER. Reprint. New York, 1975. Three volumes, complete. text illustrations; map; 61 coin plates. CD included. Summaries Crown 4to, original matching maroon cloth, gilt. 1976 pages; 317 in English, German and Italian. Fine. $100 plates. Near fine. $100 An important new publication on the extensive coinage of this tetrarch. The useful reprint of this magnificent collection. Clain-Stefanelli 2001*. 8 Kolbe & Fanning Sale 147 • Saturday, October 7, 2017 Daehn 2042. Grierson 57. Kroh 10: “One excellent feature of this col- Sammlung Franz Trau, Partly Named lection is the large number of Greek and Greek-Imperial bronzes pub- 43 Gilhofer & Ranschburg, and Adolph Hess. SAMMLUNG lished (many unlisted elsewhere) and the very high standard of writing FRANZ TRAU. MÜNZEN DER RÖMISCHEN KAISER. Wien, utilized by Mr. Forrer with introductions to each city and cross-refer- 22. Mai 1935 und folgende Tage. 4to, original printed card cov- ences for all of the coins.” Ex William A. Burd Library. ers. (8), 130 pages; 4727 lots; 2 fine portrait plates; 53 fine plates Franke & Hirmer’s Griechische Münze of coins. Valuations list laid in. Entirely hand-priced and partly 39 named in ink. Near fine. $150 Franke, Peter R., and Max Hirmer. DIE GRIECHISCHE A scarce and important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 4086*. Grierson 288: “Col- MÜNZE. München, 1964. 4to, original gray cloth, gilt; picto- lection très importante.” Spring 190 [also listed under “Most important rial jacket; housed in original cardboard slipcase. 173, (1) pages; sales of Roman Imperial coins”]. 220 most attractive plates of enlarged illustrations of coins, 20 in color. Jacket torn, else fine. $100 The Lockett Greek Sales Includes the same exceptional color illustrations found in Kraay & 44 Glendining & Co. CATALOGUE OF THE CEL- Hirmer’s indispensable Greek Coins, published two years later. Clain- EBRATED COLLECTION OF COINS FORMED BY THE Stefanelli 1823. Daehn 65. LATE RICHARD CYRIL LOCKETT, ESQ. GREEK: PARTS The Silver Coins of Lampsakos I–IV. London, 1955–61. Four parts, complete. Crown 4to, orig- 40 inal printed card covers. 130; 83, (1); 67, (1); 118, (2) pages. [Fritze, Hans von, and] Hugo Gaebler [editors]. NO- 3125 lots; 38 + 23 + 15 + 35 fine plates of coins. All but first with MISMA: UNTERSUCHUNGEN AUF DEM GEBIETE DER price realized printed alongside each lot; first is hand-priced. ANTIKEN MÜNZKUNDE. Vol. XII. Berlin: Mayer & Müller, Near fine or better. $200 1923. First edition. Tall 4to, plain wraps. (4), 46 pages; 2 very fine A highly important series of sales, indispensable to collectors and stu- plates of ancient Greek coins. Rear wrap detached; untrimmed dents of ancient Greek coins. Clain-Stefanelli 1971*. Daehn 2047. Gri- and near fine. $100 erson 284. Spring 232–235 [also listed under “Most important sales of The final volume of this rare and most important series of groundbreak- ancient Greek coins”]. ing monographs on ancient Greek coins, featuring outstanding coin plates. This issue begins with Gaebler’s obituary for co-editor Hans von Gnecchi’s Medaglioni Romani Fritze, who died in 1919. Gaebler’s “Die Silberprägung von Lampsakos” 45 is the keynote article for this issue, which also includes the Register for Gnecchi, Francesco. I MEDAGLIONI ROMANI. Re- the entire series. Clain-Stefanelli 744. Daehn 239a. print. Bologna: Forni, 1968. Three volumes, complete [plates bound with relevant text volumes]. Tall 4to, original mustard Frolova & Abramzon on Olbia cloth, gilt. Frontispiece; lxviii, 83, (5); (16), 158, (6); (16), 234, (6) 41 Frolova, N.A., and M.G. Abramzon. МОНЕТЫ pages; 162 plates. Near fine. $250 ОЛЬВИИ В СОБРАНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО The standard work. Clain-Stefanelli 4963*. Grierson 84. Ex William A. Burd Library. ИСТОРИЧЕСКОГО МУЗЕЯ. КАТАЛОГ. Moscow, 2005. 8vo, original gray leatherette, gilt. 359, (1) pages, including 113 Green’s Massive 1829 Numismatic Atlas halftone plates. Fine. $100 46 A standard work on Olbia, being a catalogue of the holdings in the State Green, Benjamin Rich- Historical Museum. Infrequently available. ard. ATLAS NUMISMA- TIQUE DE L’HISTOIRE Gallatin on Syracusan Decadrachms ANCIENNE: EN VINGT- 42 Gallatin, Albert. SYRA- ET-UNE PLANCHES. CON- CUSAN DEKADRACHMS TENANT UN CHOIX DE 360 OF THE EUAINETOS TYPE. MÉDAILLES GRECQUES, Cambridge: Harvard University DE ROIS, PLACÉES EN OR- Press, 1930. 4to, original blue DRE CHRONOLOGIQUE, cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. DEPUIS L’ÉPOQUE LA Frontispiece; (4), 53, (1) pages; PLUS RECULÉE JUSQU’AU 12 very fine enlarged plates. COMMENCEMENT DU Near fine. $300 QUATRIÈME SIÈCLE. TI- A handsomely produced work, still RÉES DES OUVRAGES DE of considerable value. Clain-Ste- PELLERIN, DUANE, VIS- fanelli 2262*. Daehn 3148: “Illus- CONTI, COMBE, MION- trates all the known varieties of the NET, &C. Paris: Chez Treuttel Syracusan dekadrachms which bear et Würtz, 1829. Folio [43 by 31.5 cm], modern tan leatherette, the signature of Euainetos or which gilt. Printed title; dedication leaf, ii, 30 pages; leaf of tables; have a similar head on the obverse and are similar in design to the coins hand-colored plate of the “Grandeur et Valeur des Monnaies so inscribed.” Ex Q. David Bowers Library. Grecques”; 21 handsome hand-colored lithographic plates of coins with descriptive text printed on thick stock. Binding Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM 9 rubbed and a bit worn, but remarkably well-preserved for a book Coinage in the Iron Age of this size. Fine. $200 50 Heesch, Johan van, and Inge Heeren [editors]. COIN- A well-preserved copy of this rare work, complete and vibrantly colored. AGE IN THE IRON AGE: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF SIMONE Green was a well-known watercolor painter, and published his remark- SCHEERS. London: Spink, 2009. 4to, original green cloth, gilt; able Atlas when he was only twenty-one years old. Leitzmann 50. Ex jacket. Frontispiece; xxii, 439, (1) pages; illustrated. Fine. $100 William A. Burd Library. An important series of essays. Much less frequently encountered than most modern festschriften. Ex William A. Burd Library. First Edition BMC Roman Republican 47 Grueber, H. A. COINS OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC An Original Set of Hennin IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1910. First edition. Three 51 Hennin, (Michel D). MANUEL DE NUMISMATIQUE volumes complete. 8vo, later matching red buckram, gilt; top page ANCIENNE... TOME PREMIER: ÉLÉMENTS. TOME SEC- edges gilt. cxxv, (1), 594; (6), 592; (6), 236 pages; tables; text illus- OND: NOMENCLATURE. ATLAS: CONTENANT UN trations; 123 superb autotype plates of coins. Near fine. $250 CHOIX DES PLUS BELLES PIÈCES. Paris, 1872. Three vol- A sound first edition set. Still widely utilized and particularly valuable for umes, complete: two volumes of text and a plate atlas. Small 8vo, historical notes. The plates in the original edition are far superior to those contemporary tan cloth; black morocco spine labels, gilt. viii, found in the reprint. Clain-Stefanelli 3718*. Ex William A. Burd Library. 391, (1); (4), 548; 23, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black A Rare Early American Numismatic Society Imprint incorporating a numismatic engraving; 70 lithographic plates of 48 coins. Spotted and browned as often seen. Very good. $150 Head, Barclay V. A GUIDE TO THE GOLD AND SIL- A scarce classic work, still worthy of a place in a numismatic library. VER COINS OF THE ANCIENTS, EXHIBITED IN ELEC- The best illustrated edition. Included is an excellent bibliography of TROTYPE BY THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC AND the principal works on ancient numismatics published up to that time, ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY. FROM THE ENGLISH EDI- comprising 253 titles, and including an alphabetical index of authors. Ex TION. New York: 25 University Building, 1884. 8vo, modern William A. Burd Library. brown leatherette, gilt. (4), vii, (1), 128 pages; hundreds of de- tailed descriptions; 70 very fine autotype plates. Several coin il- Silver Coinage of Rhegion lustrations once cut out, now replaced and taped on plate backs; 52 Herzfelder, Hubert. LES MONNAIES D’ARGENT DE else very good. $150 RHEGION, FRAPPÉES ENTRE 461 ET LE MILIEU DU IVe A desirable volume despite less than optimum preservation. The first SIÉCLE AV. J.-C. First separate edition. Paris, 1957. 8vo, origi- illustrated example we recall having encountered. The title cited above nal printed card covers. 154 pages; 20 fine plates of coins. Un- follows that of the second edition 1881 London title (A Guide to the opened. Small tear at top of spine; near fine. $200 Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, from circ. B.C. 700 to Scarce and important. Clain-Stefanelli 2122*: “Basic reference on Rhe- A.D. 1) and, following it, is a “List of Subscribers to the fund for the gium, including latest research.” Daehn 2820. Grierson 63. Kroh 18 (4.5 purchase of the collection of electrotypes of Ancient Coins now exhib- stars): “This is an excellent die-study and reference for the beautiful sil- ited by the American Numismatic and Archæological Society.” Sixty- ver coinage featuring the popular facing lion-scalp in high relief.” Ex eight donors’ names follow, among them Wm. Poillon, Banjamin Betts, Joel Malter, with his bookplate; ex William A. Burd Library. Isaac F. Wood, Lyman H. Low, Frank W. Doughty, Robert Morris, Ed. Frossard, and J.N.T. Levick. An American edition of the text only, in Hill’s Select Greek Coins smaller format, is occasionally encountered. Ex Kolbe Sale 112, lot 109; 53 ex William A. Burd Library. Hill, George F. SELECT GREEK COINS. A SERIES OF ENLARGEMENTS, ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED. First First Edition of Historia Numorum edition. Paris and Brussels, 1927. Folio, original light blue cloth, 49 Head, Barclay V. HISTORIA NUMORUM: A MANUAL gilt. 61, (3) pages; 64 fine plates. Cracking to hinge between OF GREEK NUMISMATICS. Oxford, 1887. First edition. 4to, plates; previous owner’s inscription; very good. $120 original brown quarter morocco, gilt; top page edges gilt. lxxix, A decent copy of this major work, being a superb series of enlarged illus- (1), 807, (1) pages; 400 text illustrations; tables; 5 plates. Armorial trations of artistic Greek coins. The oversized format has resulted in most surviving copies having various binding problems. This example is above bookplate of Baron Delbeke. Spine a bit rubbed; near fine. $100 average. Clain-Stefanelli 3557. Daehn 1168. Ex William A. Burd Library. A superior copy of the first edition of this landmark work. Though re- vised editions of numismatic books are usually preferred, sometimes From the Gutekunst, Niess & Barron Collections it pays to consult the earlier editions. In the revised and enlarged 1911 54 edition of Historia Numorum, the author himself allowed that “(i)t is Hirsch, Jacob. GRIECHISCHE, RÖMISCHE UND possible that, among those who are familiar only in a general way with BYZANTINISCHE MÜNZEN AUS DEM BESITZE VON the old edition of this work, there may be some who, on comparing with COMMERZIENRAT H.G. GUTEKUNST IN STUTTGART, it the present revised edition, will, at first sight, be inclined to think that ALBERT NIESS IN BRAUNSCHWEIG, T.W. BARRON. YEW some portions of what has been omitted were of greater interest than TREE HALL, FOREST GATE (ESSEX) UND AUS HOHEM what has been added.” A 1927 Spink catalogue emphasized that aspect ENGLISCHEN ADELBESITZ. München: No. XXXI., 6. Mai of the 1887 work: “Some portions of the first edition of very great inter- est were omitted from the second, and this fact added to the usefulness 1912 u. ff. Tage. 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 155, (3) pag- of the work in itself makes a copy of that edition well worth acquiring es; 2394 lots; 38 fine plates. Small corner bump, else fine. $150 especially by the young collector.” Clain-Stefanelli 1832*, citing the sec- An attractive copy of this important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 1728. Grier- ond edition. Daehn 90. son 283. Spring 385 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins” and “Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins”].

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