General works

Contribution from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 31-33 on numismatics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington 1970, pp. 288 overall, richly illustrated, 29 cm, binding in all red cloth with titles on the spine and impressed decorations on the front cover.

Special edition beautifully bound including a collection of three important contributions:

1) Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli, History of the national numismatic collections, pp. 108.

2) Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatics. An ancient science. A survey of its history, pp. 102.

3) Elivira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Italian coin engravers since 1800, pp. 68.

The second title is fundamental for the study of numismatic literature, while the third is characterised by its importance in the study of contemporary Italian coins and medals, with particular attention to the mints of Turin, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Florence, Parma, Rome (some projects for the Kingdom of Italy are also presented) and Naples (where rare Bourbon medals stand out).

In excellent condition.

H. Halke, Handworterbuch der Münzkunde und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, G. Reimer, Berlin 1909, pp. VI, 395, 24 cm, full cloth binding ed. with decorated paper covers, titles and decorations in gold on the spine and front cover, cuts sprinkled with blue.

Ex libris of Professor Raffaele Ciferri on the front pastedown.

In excellent condition.

Eduard Holzmair, Münzkunst in Osterreich, Wolfrum, Wien 1948, pp. 33, 48 plates, 21 cm, cart. and. with dust jacket.

Series: Wolfrumbucher, 10.

Small ownership signature on the title page.

Deficiencies on the dust jacket, minimal traces of use on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition.

August Loehr, Osterreichische Geldgeschichte, Universum, Wien 1946, pp. 89, richly illustrated b&w, 21 cm, half percalline binding ed. with gold titles and decorations on the spine and front cover.

Ex libris of Professor Raffaele Ciferri on the front pastedown.

In excellent condition.

FWA Schlickeysen, Erklärung der Abkürzungen auf Münzen des Alterthums, des Mittelalters und der neueren Zeit, sowie auf Denkmünzen und münzartigen Zeichen, F. Schneider & Comp., Berlin 1855, pp. X, 268, 2 tavv., 23 cm, splendid coeval binding in half -leather with titles on a piece and gold decorations on the back, five nerves, dishes in fine marbled paper, looks in blue paper, sprayed cuts.

First edition of this work of considerable importance for the study of abbreviations on coins from antiquity to the modern age.

Some abrasion to the plates, however rare to be in such excellent condition as most copies have undergone continuous use.

FWA Schlickeysen, Rudolf Pallmann, Erklärung der Abkürzungen auf Münzen der neueren Zeit, des Mittelalters und des Altertums sowie auf Denkmünzen und münzartigen Zeichen, Fourth edition, Akademische Druck u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz 1961, pp. VIII, 511, 2 plates, 19 cm, full cloth binding with titles on the spine and front plate.

Of considerable importance for the study of abbreviations on coins from antiquity to the modern age.

In excellent condition.

Raffaele Ruggiano, GV Grossi di Zirgoni, Comparative studies on the ancient and modern organization of the Banco di Napoli, Raimondi typographical establishment, Naples 1885, pp. 249, 25 cm, beautiful and solid coeval binding in half percalline with marbled paper plates, gold titles on the spine and sprayed cuts.

Slight signs of wear on the back, otherwise in perfect condition. Rare.

Homer Pinna, Corpus Nummorum Italicorum sec. V-sec. XX. Index generalis per themata digestus, Sardus Pater Editore, Cagliari 2006, pp. 423, 33 cm, card. and.

New.

M. et A. Méliot, Dictionnaire illustré des monnaies. Poids, title, value, monetary systems of all pays. Nouvelle édition entièrement refondue, considérablement augmentée et ornée de 37 planches des monnaies de tous les pays, Garnier Frères Libraires, Paris 1906, pp. LXXXVII, 200, richly illustrated, 37 splendid chromolithograph plates depicting coins, 22 cm, binding ed. in all red cloth with black and gold embossed titles and decorations on the spine and front cover.

Traces of use on the plates and spine, a halo of old stain that is not disfiguring, otherwise the work is perfectly usable.

Rare.

R. Ciferri, Alphabetical repertory of mainly Italian medieval and modern numismatics, 2 vols., Pavia association of numismatics and medals, Pavia 1963, pp. VII, 1023 overall, 23 cm, br. and. with dust jacket.

Volume I, AK, pp. VII, 512.

Volume II, LZ, pp. 513-1023.

Slight bluing of the paper, minimal traces of use on the dust jacket, otherwise a good copy.

Giulio Bernardi, Numismatic Bibliography, fourth edition, Arti Grafiche Tibiletti, Trieste 1992, pp. X, 282, 24 cm, br. and.

In perfect condition.

Giulio Bernardi, Numismatic bibliography, fifth edition, Riva Artigrafiche, Trieste 1997, pp. VII, 201, cm 24, br. and.

In perfect condition.

Lodovico Brunetti, Opus monetale Cigoi, Tip. Galeati, Bologna 1966, pp. XXXVII, 158 including portraits of Brunetti, Cigoi and full-page letter facsimile, 14 plates. of coins, 32 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine.

Critical biography of Cigoi and systematic catalog of his falsifications.

Ex libris on the last page.

Minimal underlining on 2 pages and a few ticks on the margins of the catalogue, slight traces of use, otherwise the work is in very good condition.

Pierre Bastien, Les numismates, Imprimerie Cultura, Wetteren 1991, pp. 177, 17 cm, br. and.

Passionate writing by Pierre Bastien (1912-2010), a French surgeon who practiced as a doctor until 1977. Since 1955 he dedicated himself to the study of Roman imperial numismatics, publishing numerous articles on the subject. From 1965 to 1967 he was President of the Société Française de Numismatique.

Missing dust jacket.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

George F. Hill, Becker the Counterfeiter, Parts I and II, Obol International, Chicago 1979, pp. 111 in total, 19 beautiful plates, 24 cm, card. and. with gold titles and decorations on the spine and front cover. Anastatic reprint of the 1924 London edition.

The work presents 360 particularly deceptive forgeries, made by Karl Wilhelm Becker at the beginning of the 19th century, of Greek, Roman, medieval and modern coins.

In perfect condition. Uncommon.

CHV Sutherland, Art in Money. Aesthetics in coins from ancient Greece to the present day, Circolo Numismatico Ligure Corrado Astengo, Genoa 1992, pp. 264, 147 splendid illustrations, 22 cm, binding in full editorial cloth with gold titles and fillets on the spine.

Translation of the ed. original from 1955 Art in coinage.

Extinct library ownership label on the reverse of the title page.

Text of considerable interest and in perfect condition. Rare.

Adolfo Modesti, Numismata in libris, Stab. Le Rughe, Rome 1997, pp. 816, richly illustrated, 31 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

Monumental work of notable importance for the study of numismatic and medal literature.

In excellent condition.

Richard G. Doty, Monete, A. Mondadori, Milan 1976, pp. 157, richly illustrated, 18 cm, br. and.

In excellent condition.

Richard G. Doty, The history of money from antiquity to the present day, presentation by Gino Barbieri, introduction by Giovanni Gorini, Vallardi Industrie Grafiche, Lainate 1992, pp. 184, numerous black and white illustrations, 31 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with gold titles on the spine and dust jacket.

Beautiful bookplate inside the back plate.

In perfect condition.

Rina La Guardia, The sixteenth century of the archaeological and numismatic library of Milan, Municipality of Milan, Division of culture and entertainment, Milan 1978, pp. 42, 70 plates, 23 cm, br. and.

Publication of considerable importance for the study of numismatic literature of the sixteenth century with a valid iconographic apparatus.

Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in very good condition.

Don't des. Coins, exchanges and banks from antiquity to the present day, Civic Archaeological Museum, Bergamo 2005, pp. 42, many illustrations of coins, 30 cm.

Contribution to the exhibition, held at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Bergamo from 20 November 2004 to 30 June 2005, which retraced the history of money, with particular attention to the local aspects of the Gallic, Roman and early medieval ages, through specimens from the civic collections and some monetary issues found in the Bergamo area. Among these, an important hoard of 124 Po Valley silver drachmas found in Verdello and some examples of the issues of the Bergamo mint, from the time of Federico I Barbarossa up to the Republic of Venice.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Numismatic Holm, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa-Rome 2008, pp. 285-303, cm 24, br. and.

Extract.

In perfect condition. Rare.

Numismatics and the computer, Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Rome 1984, pp. 274, cm 29, cart. and.

Supplement to n. 1 of the Numismatics Bulletin.

Proceedings of the 1st International Meeting organized by the Municipality of Milan, Culture Division, Civic Numismatic Collections, with the patronage of the Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage and the Lombardy Region, Milan 21-22 May 1984.

In excellent condition.

Mario Traina, The language of coins. Mottos, companies and legends of Italian coins, with the collaboration of Alfonso Traina, Sesto Fiorentino, Olimpia 2006, pp. XIV, 575, ill., 6 plates, 31 cm, binding in full canvas with dust jacket.

New and incelophane. Rare.