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
London: Cape Horn Trading, 1979. Small square 4to, original green cloth, gilt; silk marker. 206 pages; text illustrations. Fine. Perhaps the most detailed and focused study of a particular type of coin scale. Scarce. 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: 1899. 4to, later brown quarter calf; spine lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in back. (4), xiii, (1), 62 pages; text illustrations; 8 lithographic plates. Fine. A well-preserved copy of this scarce and important work on French archery and shooting medals. Clain-Stefanelli 14519. Ex Phiroze K. Randeria..... 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
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
London: 1919. Folio [41.5 by 26 cm], recent white linen; dark blue leather spine label, gilt; red page edges. Fine frontispiece medallion of the author; xii, 498, (2) pages; fine collotype illustrations of medals throughout the text; errata slip tipped in. Minor signs of wear; near fine in a new..... More
Beograd: 1958. 230 leaves, mostly printed on both sides, many with illustrations of both sides of a bank note, and a coin or two, accompanied by descriptive text. Small 8vo, original tan linen folder, lettered in black; original brass bar and screws holding contents together. Covers and title a bit..... More
Köln: Selbstverlag der Stadt Köln, 1926. 4to, original tan cloth, decorated and lettered in black; page edges blue. xiii, (3), 333, (1), 54 pages; 24 fine plates of coins. Spine label worn; dusty; very good. The very scarce original edition, with exceptional plates; offered less frequently than the other titles..... 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
London: Printed by Order of the Society and Sold by the Housekeeper at the Society’s House in the Adelphi, 1819. 8vo [25 by 16 cm], 19th-century polished brown half morocco; spine lettered and dated in gilt. 80 pages, as follows: (4), 1–59, (1), 57*, 58*, 59*, (1), (61)–72, complete as..... 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
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
Cambridge: Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1886. 8vo, original printed green paper covers. xii, 51, (1), (4) pages; illustrated, with pages 43–51 featuring 16 lithographic depictions of coin designs finely printed on thin paper and mounted on the pages. Near fine. An unusual and rather scarce work, with well-printed illustrations in the..... More