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
Milan: Federico Motta, 2001. 4to, original pictorial card covers. 304 pages; heavily illustrated in monochrome and color. Fine. A major catalogue of Nini’s artwork. Along with Richard Margolis’s study, one of the more important modern publications on Nini. More
Paris: Lacrampe & Fertiaux, mai 1848. 8vo, contemporary green quarter calf with mottled sides; spine lettered in gilt. (ii), 106 pages; 896 listings. Very good or better. The scarce catalogue of a major collection, much of which was acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale and by J. Rousseau. Engel & Serrure..... More
Paris: 1869. Congrès archéologique de France (XXXVe session, séances générales tenues à Carcassonne, a Narbonne, a Perpignan et a Béziers en 1868...). Small 8vo, somewhat later white cloth-backed mottled boards; green spine label, gilt. lxv, (1), 411, (1) pages; illustrated throughout; 2 folding plans [Des Méloizes’s article is found on..... More
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by..... More
Paris: 4–8 mai 1929. 4to, later brown quarter morocco; spine lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 42 pages; lots 1404–1854; 8 fine plates numbered 20–27, with tissue guards. Fine. An attractively bound copy of this scarce and important sale. Clain-Stefanelli 8978. Grierson 290. Ex Richard E...... More
London: July 26, 1950 [sale not held]. Crown 4to, original printed card covers. 49, (1) pages; 423 lots; 11 fine plates. Near fine. A rare catalogue. Focusing on British coins, the entire collection was purchased en bloc by Spink prior to the auction. The sale, therefore, never took place and..... More
Frankfurt am Main: 14. März 1904 und folgende Tage. 8vo, contemporary cloth-backed mottled boards; original printed front paper cover bound in. (6), 200 + 14 pages; 4325 lots; 11 fine plates; original printed prices realized list bound in. Slightly trimmed, affecting only plate numbers; near fine. A very scarce catalogue..... More
London: Printed by A. Hancock for the Author, and sold by Holtzapffel and Deyerlein, Engine Manufacturers, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross; and by Stewart, Ivory Turner, Oxford Street, near the Pantheon, 1817. First edition. 8vo, finely bound in contemporary or somewhat later full tan English calf, richly decorated in blind within..... More
Los Angeles: 2021. English translation directed by John Saunders and Hugo Vanhoudt. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching red cloth lettered in white. 1722 pages total; text illustrations; 121 color plates, plus occasional unnumbered full-page color enlargements. New. The first translation into English of Gerard van Loon’s enormously important Beschryving..... More
London: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund Vol. XXXV, 1954. Second, considerably enlarged edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt. ix, (3), 283, (1) pages; 2092 listings. A few related inserts laid in. Light wear to cloth; near fine. The best edition of this indispensable work, dedicated to George Miles. Clain-Stefanelli..... More
München: 1.–2. Mai 1900. 4to, contemporary brown cloth-backed mottled boards. xii, 127, (5) pages; 576 lots; 10 fine plates. Several leaves detached from spine, but complete. Browned. Good. Geschenk-Exemplar mit 10 Tafeln in besonderer Mappe. Rare: a copy sold in our recent sale of the Mark & Lottie Salton Library..... More
Lyon: 28–29 octobre 1989. 4to, later black half morocco with blue cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges speckled blue; original pictorial card covers bound in. 121, (3) pages; 128 + 575 lots; illustrated throughout, partly in color. Addenda, errata..... More
Cavaillon: Imprimerie Mistral, 1932. 8vo, original printed card covers. (6), xxii, (2), 253, (17) pages; illustrated. Covers a bit worn; very good. The first volume of the papers of Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, the French Contrôleur-Général from 1783 to 1787, which were retained by the British Government after his death in..... More
Dudley: Printed by E. Blocksidge, 1905. Small 4to, later red cloth, gilt. 202, (1) leaves, printed mostly on rectos only; title printed in red and black; illustrations of tokens, coins and paper money; numerous folding genealogical tables. Marginal staining to lower edge of first 50 leaves or so, not affecting..... More
September 12, 2009. Edited by Syd Martin. 4to, original pictorial card covers. iv, 130 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. The published proceedings of this private gathering of specialists in American colonial coins, featuring short articles by those in attendance. The Siboni Beach Symposia are casual get-together of colonial collectors organized..... More
Mantoloking, NJ: 2011. Edited by Sydney F. Martin and John L. Howes. 4to, original brown half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; original pictorial card covers bound in. (4), 136 pages; illustrated in color. Fine. The..... More
Boston: 1931. Edited by Malcolm Storer, M.D. Very thick 8vo, original green cloth, gilt; plain jacket. 1146 pages; frontispiece portrait plaque; 16 plates. Essentially as new. A very well-preserved copy of the most comprehensive work on the topic ever written, recording perhaps as many as ten thousand items. Privately printed..... More
Batavia & Gravenhage: Landsdrukkerij & M. Nijhoff, 1904. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf with mottled sides; spine with red leather spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers. xxiv, 227, (1) pages. Binding worn, with joints cracked, but sound. Very good. Rare: quite possibly the only copy we have handled. Catalogues nearly 3000..... More
Wien: Veröffentlichungen Instituts für Numismatik und Geldgeschichte, 2015. 4to, original purple cloth, gilt. 522, (6) pages; illustrated. Fine. A festschrift published in celebration of Wolfgang Hahn’s 70th birthday. Includes articles on Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Sasanian, medieval and modern coins and medals, reflecting the vast range of Hahn’s own interests. More
Two catalogues, bound in one volume: 1) Très importante collection de monnaies flamandes et provinciales en or... monnaies gauloises, mérovingiennes en or et en argent... monnaies carolingiennes... Paris, 22–23 octobre 1963. 2) Importante collection de monnaies royales françaises... Paris, 20–22 avril 1964. 4to, later black half morocco with marbled sides;..... More
Leamington Spa: Simmons & Waters, 1904. Small 8vo, original maroon quarter morocco, gilt; spine lettered in gilt; top page edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait; xiv, 33, (1) pages; 2 fine autotype plates of tokens; folding facsimile; 3 lithographic plates. Inscribed by the author to Fred Shaw & Co. Spine worn, particularly..... More