Mediolani [Milan]: Prostant in Regia Curia in Aedibus Palatinis, 1750–1752 & 1759. Six volumes, complete. Small folios [28.5 by 21.5 cm], matching contemporary vellum over sturdy boards; spines ruled in gilt with brown spine labels ruled and lettered in gilt; speckled page edges. (16), xii, (2), 304 + (4), 417..... More
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
Crestline: 2003. New. Three volumes. 4to, original matching crimson cloth, gilt, jackets. xliv, 3190 pages; title facsimiles throughout. New. A monumental work, absolutely indispensable for the period covered. Winner of the 14th ILAB-LILA International Prize for Bibliography and the 2004 IAPN Book Prize. This book weighs more than the estimated..... 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
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
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