DAILLES DE ROIS, DE VILLES, &C. IMPRIMÉS EN 1762, 1763, 1765, 1767, 1768 & 1770; AVEC DES REMARQUES SUR QUELQUES MÉDAILLES DÉJA PUBLIÉS. A Paris: Chez H.L. Guerin & L.F. Delatour, 1762–65 / A Paris: Chez L.F. Delatour, 1766–67 / A Francfort, Et se trouve A Paris: Chez L.F. Delatour, 1770. A La Haye; Et se trouve A Paris: Chez la veuve Desaint, Libraire, 1778. The complete set of twelve parts, including Lettres and Aditions, bound in ten volumes. 4to [29.5 by 23 cm], contemporary or slightly later green cloth and boards, gilt. iv, 220; xxviii, 207, (1), (2); xvii, (3), 255, (1), (2); liv, (2), 260 [260 = 264], (265)–288, (2); (4), 356; (4), 376; (2), xii, 70; viii, 200; (2), viii, 136; viii, 136; (2), 219, (1); (4), xii, (2), 108 pages; fine title engravings of coins; finely engraved numismatic headpieces and tailpieces; 136 + 22 + 32 + 2 + 10 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 4 engraved plates of ancient coins; text engravings of coins in the final volume. Bindings a bit worn, but sound; interiors particularly fresh. Near fine. $3500 A fresh and appealing complete set of this major, historically important, numismatic work. Includes all six parts of the main work, all four supplements, the Lettres and the Additions. Babelon 118: “From 1762 onwards, Pellerin began work on the task of publishing a description of his coins. He classified Greek coins in a different way to all of his predecessors, substituting geographical order for alphabetical order; so, in some ways Pellerin paved the way for Eckhel and should be regarded as his forerunner.” Bassoli 35–36. Brunet 29716: “Ouvrage très-estimé.” Daehn 177. Engel et Serrure 4890 & 4891. Hennin 87–93. Lipsius 310.
Inscribed by the Author to Barclay V. Head
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Reinach, Théodore. L’HISTOIRE PAR LES MONNAIES. ESSAIS DE NUMISMATIQUE ANCIENNE. Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1902. 4to, contemporary green cloth, gilt; red-speckled page edges. (4), iv, 269, (3) pages; occasional text illustrations; 6 fine plates, 5 depicting ancient Greek coins. Inscribed by the author to Barclay V. Head. Binding a trifle worn and discolored; internally fine. $350 “To Mr Barclay Head, in true sympathy (signed) Th Reinach.” An important collection of 25 numismatic essays. Rare. Clain-Stefanelli 1670.
A Gorgeous Set of the Best Edition of Spanheim
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Spanheim, Ezechiel. DISSERTATIONES DE PRÆSTANTIA ET USU NUMISMATUM ANTIQUORUM. EDITIO NOVA. IN QUA EDITÆ ANTEA DISSERTATIONES RECENSENTUR, MULTISQUE ACCESSIONIBUS LOCUPLETANTUR; ALIÆ NUNC PRIMUM PRODEUNT; SINGULÆ AUTEM SELECTIS INSIGNIUM NUMISMATUM ICONIBUS ILLUSTRANTUR. TOMUS PRIMUS & VOLUMEN ALTERUM. Londini: Impensis Richardi Smith, 1706, and Amstelodami: Apud Rodolph. & Gerhard. Wetstenios, 1717. Two volumes. Folio [46 by 30.5 cm], contemporary brown full calf, boards intricately paneled in blind, with mottled borders and center panels; edges decorated in gilt; spines with seven raised bands, ruled, lettered and lavishly decorated in gilt; page edges speckled in red. (48), 726, (42); (8), xxviii, 656, (52) pages; finely engraved allegorical title in the first volume; titles printed in red and black; superbly engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; superbly engraved portrait of George Augustus, Prince of Wales; finely engraved dedication vignette in the second volume; woodcut initials and tailpieces; coin engravings in the text. Bindings remarkably well-preserved and expertly rebacked. A fine set. $1500 An exceptional set of the third, last, and best, edition of this landmark work. Born as an unillustrated quarto in 1664, a greatly expanded and illustrated if still rather modest edition in two parts appeared in 1671. Its apotheosis here, in two oversize folio volumes, was most handsomely executed and, in the present set, bound in raiment worthy of it. Clain-Stefanelli (Numismatics—An Ancient Science) page 24: “one of the most significant names in the field of numismatics in the 17th century [was] Ezechiel Spanheim… His encyclopedic knowledge in history, art, geography, art history—all based on a full mastery of the ancient authors—made him one of the prominent numismatists of his day. His chief publication Dissertatio de praestantia et usu numismatum antiquorum (1664 [first edition]) must certainly be considered the work of a master” Babelon 105: “Ezechiel Spanheim (b. 1629 † 1710) was part of that exceptional group of scholars who came together at Rome under the reign of Queen Christina.” Bassoli 30: “that great work of Ezechiel Spanheim… represent[s] the seventeenth century ‘peak’ of classical numismatics. Spanheim meticulously (and not without digressions) records every image and inscription shown on ancient coins that could be made out.” Hirsch 122. Kress S.2350. Lipsius 376. Ex T. Sharp library, with his diminutive bookplate; ex Phiroze K. Randeria, with his bookplate.
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(Zaccaria, Francesco Antonio). ISTITUZIONE ANTIQUARIO-NUMISMATICA O SIA INTRODUZIONE ALLO STUDIO DELLE ANTICHE MEDAGLIE IN DUE LIBRI PROPOSTA DALL’ AUTORE DELL’ISTITUZIONE ANTIQUARIO-LAPIDARIA. In Roma: A spese di Venanzio Monaldini Libraro al Corso Nella Stamperia di Giovanni Zempel, 1772. First edition. 8vo [19.5 by 13.5 cm], contemporary reddish-brown half leather; decorative paste-paper sides; flat spine decorated and lettered in gilt. xxxii, 487, (1) pages; title printed in red and black with a finely engraved allegorical numismatic vignette; woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces; tables; 3 charming engraved plates of ancient coins. A crisp, fine copy. $250 This edition not in Lipsius. Bassoli pages 34–35: “a beautiful little book… Its author… sets out in a clear and regular style the fundamental points of numismatics as they were understood at the time; here again, we have the history of the coin, its chronology, full lists of inscriptions and abbreviations, and types and symbols, and even a ‘specimen’ of fake coins on the market at the time.” Rare. Ex Ferdinando Bassoli, with his bookplate.
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