Crestline & London: 2001. New. Studies in the History of Numismatic Literature No. 1. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt, jacket. 88 pages; 16 plates. New. Originally published in book form in 1985 by Leo S. Olschki of Florence in Italian, this edition, translated by Elizabeth Saville, has been carefully revised..... More
Münster: Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 1983. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 364 pages; illustrated. Near fine. An excellent exhibition catalogue based on the portrait archives representing the life work of the antiquarian bookseller Baron Hans-Dietrich von Diepenbroick-Grueter (1902–1980), which were bequeathed to the Landesmuseum. The exhibition..... More
Londini: Ex Officina J. Nichols, 1782. 4to [30 by 24.5 cm], contemporary mottled brown tree calf; spine with five raised bands, ruled and richly decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges green. xi, (1), 354, (2) pages; 68 well-engraved plates, mostly depicting ancient Greek..... More
8vo, original printed card covers. (8), 75, (1) pages. Fine. An excellent work written to accompany the 2001 exhibition at the Grolier Club of important numismatic books and accompanying coins and medals. More
Crestline: 2003. New. Three volumes. 4to, original matching crimson cloth, gilt, jackets. xliv, 3190 pages; title facsimiles throughout. New. This book weighs more than the estimated 3 pounds and may incur extra international shipping charges. More
(Ghent): 1986. 8vo, original tan linen lettered in black. (2), 592 pages; illustrated. Fine. The second revised edition of this catalogue of Christian Dekesel’s personal library, which covers the numismatic spectrum. Printed in a very small edition. Kolbe 364. More
Crestline: 1997. New. 4to, original green cloth, gilt, jacket. xli, (1), 1059, (1) pages; 736 title facsimiles. New. The prior standard work by J.G. Lipsius listed 405 sixteenth century numismatic titles. Dekesel's landmark work provides extensive information on 1148 titles, categorized under six headings, each dealing with a different aspect..... More
Portland: Collegium Graphicum, 1972. 16mo [16 by 11 cm], original decorative card covers. (2), cxx leaves; illustrated. Housed in slipcase, as issued. Fine. A facsimile of Fulvio’s 1517 Illustrium imagines, the first substantially illustrated numismatic book. The Printed Sources of Western Art, Volume 9. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. 4to, original brown cloth, gilt; jacket. xvii, (1), 316 pages; illustrated, occasionally in color. Fine. Ex George F. Kolbe library with his bookplate on pastedown. More
New York: Jan. 10, 2009. 4to, original cream cloth, stamped in copper; original printed card covers bound in. 108 pages; 101–275 lots; prices realized list bound in. Fine. The regular hardcover edition. More
Brugge: 1983. 8vo, original printed card covers. 209, (3) pages; illustrated. Near fine. Ex Herbert Kreindler library with his bookplate. More
Colchester: John Drury, 1977. 8vo, brown cloth. (6), xx, 558, (4), iv, 189, (1) pages. Fine. Reprints the 1801 Bibliotheca Numaria by Lipsius and the 1867 supplement by Leitzmann. Essential for the 18th and early 19th centuries. More
St. Louis: 1995. 8vo, original printed card covers. 122 pages. Fine. Sixteenth Century Bibliography, Volume 32. More
Romæ: Apud Blasium Deversin, & Felicem Cesarettum, Typis Fabii de Falcho, 1664. First edition. 4to [22.5 by 17 cm], contemporary limp vellum; hand-lettered spine. (6), 315 (13) pages; title printed in red and black incorporating a woodcut vignette; a few charming woodcut initials and floral tailpieces. Spine vellum chipped in..... More
Stockholm: The Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2001. New. 4to, original purple cloth, gilt, jacket. 189, (1) pages, illustrated throughout, including full color illustrations. Jacket scuffed, else new copy. A beautifully printed volume carefully recording 16th, 17th & 18th century numismatic works in the Library of the Royal..... More
London: 10-30 May 1725. Original bound manuscript volume, compiled in a notebook titled Exchanges in ornate script. 54 pages plus cover [one leaf missing]. Covers lightly discolored and worn, with light chipping. Some browning, folds, and such. Still very good. An original manuscript maintaining careful records of bills of exchange..... More
Crestline: George Frederick Kolbe/Bird & Bull Press, 2001. New. 4to, original black cloth, brown goatskin label, gilt. 35, (7) pages; illustrated, including a title facsimile, color plate of a Renaissance Gentleman; specially commissioned woodcut, facsimiles of both colophons, and an original woodcut 1517 leaf from the original edition of Illustrium..... More