Medieval numismatics

Mario San Romé, An unpublished coin by Pietra Gavina, LF Cogliati Publishing House, Milan 1916, pp. 4, 27 cm.

In perfect condition. Rare.

Emile Caron, Monnaies feodales francaises, 3 bound issues in 1 vol., Chez mm. Rollin et Feuardent, Paris 1882-1884, pp. overall XXIV, 413, 27 tables finely engraved, 28 cm, solid silk binding with gusset, gold titles on the spine and sprinkled cuts.

The three issues are continuously numbered and constitute the complete work. Text in excellent condition, with fresh and marginal paper. Elegant embossed stamp on the boards.

Very rare.

Henrique Florez, Medallas de las colonias municipios y pueblos antiguos de Espana, en la Oficina de Antonio Marin, Madrid 1757, pp. XVI, 1-408, richly ill., 1-23 tablets finely engraved, 1 geog. folded, cm. 25, precious and perfect binding in the middle Moroccan with gusset, gold title on the spine and artistically sprayed cuts.

Linked with: Henrique Florez, Medallas de las colonias municipios y pueblos antiguos de Espana, Parte Segunda, en la Oficina de Antonio Marin, Madrid 1758, pp. II, 409-681, richly ill., 24-58 pl. finely engraved.

Linked with: M. Mahudel, Dissertation historique sur les monnoyes antiques d'Espagne, chez Le Mercier Lottin Josse le Fils Et Briasson, Paris 1725, pp. II, 59, ill., 16 stupendous tablets

The volume includes the first two parts of Florez's work, made up of three parts altogether (the third was printed long after the first two, in 1773), and Mahudel's essay, constituting an interesting and very rare ensemble. Wonderful finely crafted head, end caps, drop caps and engravings. Elegant embossed stamp on the boards and on the post plate. A few ink stamps on the pages. Ex libris superimposed with old library deletion stamp.

Excellent general conservation with fresh and marginal paper.

CP Serrure, Notice sur le cabinet coinire de SA le Prince de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinot, Imprimerie de C. Annoot-Braeckman, Ghent 1847, First edition, pp. X, 444, 5 splendid plates. engraved by Onghena, one of which with a second finely crafted frontispiece placed between the eyelet and the frontispiece, one with noble coats of arms, two with medals and coins, one with the circumferences used for measuring the diameters of the coins, 21 cm, br . and.

In addition: CP Serrure, Notice sur le cabinet coinire de SA le Prince de Ligne d'Amblise et d'Epinot, Imprimerie de C. Annoot-Braeckman, Ghent 1880, Second edition, pp. LXXX, 267, 6 splendid plates. engraved by Onghena, one of which with a second finely crafted frontispiece placed between the eyelet and the frontispiece, one with a beautiful lithographic portrait of Serrure, three with medals and coins, one with noble coats of arms, 21 cm, br. and.

The two volumes were published as first and second editions of the same work, however they deal with different topics and complement each other, providing a historically complete picture of the numismatic collection of the Prince de Ligne from antiquity to the Middle Ages. The first features coins from the medieval era. The second, which probably should have been the first volume of a larger work of which no other volumes are known, describes ancient and medieval coins.

Overall in excellent condition. Very rare set.

Annibale degli Abati Olivieri Giordani, On the mint of Pesaro and the Pesaro coins of the lower centuries, for Lelio dalla Volpe impressor of the Institute of Sciences, Bologna 1773, pp. 64 with splendid intaglio vignette on the title page, 4 beautiful plates. chalcographic prints, one folded, 31 cm, half canvas binding.

Annibale degli Abati Olivieri Giordani (1708-1789), was an illustrious numismatist, archaeologist and bibliophile, founder of the Oliveriana Library of Pesaro, opened to the public in 1793.

Traces of use on the title page and halo of old millstone not disfiguring the tables, otherwise exemplary in excellent condition with fresh paper and in beards.

Extremely rare publication.

Camillo Leone Museum, Illustrations and catalogs, vol. I, Award-winning Tipo-Litografia Gallardi and Ugo, Vercelli 1910, pp. 192, photographic portrait of Camillo Leone in the front door, 24 cm, br. and.

The volume includes the full-bodied study of Serafino Ricci, The mint of Vercelli, the numismatic collections of the Leone Museum, pp. 99-190, various illustrations interspersed in the text.

In the same volume there are the following interesting contributions: Federico Arborio Mella, Camillo Leone. Biographical notes, pp. 5-26; Giulio Cesare Faccio, The Vercelli and Trinity printers of the 15th and 16th centuries, pp. 27-98.

This collection of studies was published on the occasion of the opening of the Leone Museum and dedicated to Camillo Leone (1828-1907), who had left his possessions and his collections of antiquities to the Institute of Fine Arts in Vercelli.

In excellent condition. Rare original edition.

Numismatic Cabinet, edited by Gian Guido Belloni, 2 vols., Electa Editrice, Milan 1977, pp. 401, richly illustrated, 25 cm, binding in all editorial canvas with titles on the backs and front plates, dust jackets. Work with an editorial box.

Milan Museums and Galleries series.

The first volume is dedicated to classic coins, the second to medieval, modern and contemporary coins, for a total of 1158 specimens examined.

Very good condition.

The William Currie Collection. Roman and modern Greek coins, Modern Typography, Navacchio (PI) 2012, pp. 32, richly illustrated in col., 29 cm, br. and.

At the top of the title page: Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. Superintendence for Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany, Mediceo Numismatic Circle, NIA Italian Numismatics Associates; at the bottom: Coin cabinet of the National Archaeological Museum of Florence.

Perfect condition.

Euro-unified catalog of Italian coins and regions. Specialized, XVIII ed., Alfa Edizioni, Turin 2003, pp. 956, richly illustrated, 20 cm, br. and.

New one.

Juvenilia. Collection of the writings presented in the competition for young numismatists Nino Rapetti 2011, Cultural Association Italy Numismatics, Formia 2011, pp. 192, ill., Cm 24, br. and.

Nummus et historia series, 20.

Small label belonging to the title page. New one.

Numismatic writings in memory of Domenico Rossi, edited by Biagio Ingrao, Italian numismatic cultural association, Formia 2008, pp. 102, ill., Cm 24, br. and.

Supplement to the Quaderno di studi, 3 (2008).

New one.

Vincenzo Dessì, The writings of numismatics, Publisher Gallizzi, Sassari 1970, pp. 248, richly illustrated, 22 cm, br. and.

Vincenzo Dessì (1859-1908) was a careful student of the ancient Sardinian coins. His research activity mainly resulted in the publication of the important studies reproduced in this volume: In the mint of Sassari. Coins of William III Viscount of Narbonne and Judge of Arborea; Real unpublished minute of the mint of Alghero; Unpublished minute for Charles V and Aragonese-Spanish coinage; Coins of Villa di Chiesa (Iglesias); Two unpublished tremissi by Charlemagne; Storage room of medieval coins found near Alghero; Storage room of medieval coins found in the Nurra; Storeroom of medieval coins found in Pattada; About a small storage room of Liutprando's gold coins found in the village of Ossi (Sassari).

Insignificant signs of aging, otherwise in perfect condition. Very rare.

Gaetano De Minicis, Numismatics Ascoli or both declaration of the ancient coins of Ascoli in the Piceno, from the types of Gaetano Paccasassi, Fermo 1853, pp. VIII, 72, 2 splendid plates, cm 31, paperback ed. with titles and decorations.

Elegant ex libris on the verso of the last plate.

Small lack on the margins of the editorial paperback, otherwise in excellent condition with fresh paper and wide margins.

Very rare.

Bernardino Biondelli, On the golden coins of the Goths in Italy. Observations, Typography of Giuseppe Bernardoni, Milan 1861, pp. 25, 1 splendid plate. depicting coins, 25 cm, br. coeval mute.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Leodegar Coraggioni, Munzgeschichte der Schweiz, Paul Stroehlin, Luzern 1896, pp. XI, 184, ill., 50 splendid tables reproducing coins, 32 cm, fine binding ed. with gold titles on the back and on the front plate, black embossed decorations on the plates, sprinkled cuts.

Old stamp of possession on the title page.

Exceptional conservation with very fresh paper without stains or even minimal blooms.

Very rare original edition.

Cesare Antonio Vergara, Coins of the Kingdom of Naples from Roggiero first King to the August Most Reigning Charles VI Emperor and III Catholic King, edited by Alberto Gaffi, Accademia degli Incolti editions, Rome 1992, XIV, pp. 178, 60 tablets depicting coins, 23 cm, cart. and.

Anastatic reprint of the ed. for Francesco Gonzaga, Rome 1715.

New one.

Gianpietro Basetti, Vezio Carantani, The coins of the Angelo Mai Civic Library of Bergamo, Angelo Mai Civic Library, Bergamasco Numismatic Circle, Bergamo 2003, pp. 197, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

In perfect condition. Uncommon text.

Coins from the Civic Museum of Legnano. Exhibition guide. Classical period (hints on Greek, Roman republican and imperial, Byzantine coinage). Medieval and modern period (notes on the coins of the Milan mint: from Charlemagne to Maria Theresa of Austria), edited by N. Vismara, R. Martini, Edizioni Ennerre, Milan 1988, pp. 384, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Catalog of the permanent exhibition.

In perfect condition.

Augusto Franco, Notes on Tuscan numismatics of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, Bonducciana Typography, Florence 1903, pp. 11, 25 cm, br. and.

On the cover there is the caption: Marriage Finzi-Servadio.

Membership stamp of Arturo Franco, the author, on the title page.

Insignificant paperback blooms, otherwise excellent specimen.

Extremely rare.

Giuseppe Ruotolo, The coins of Messina from the origins to the closure of the mint (530 BC - 1676 AD), work published under the aegis of the Mediterranean Society of Numismatic Metrology, Biblionumis Edizioni, Terlizzi 2018, pp. 73, richly illustrated, 21 x 15 cm, editorial paperback, ISBN 978-88-99512-06-4.

Historical Sciences, 2. Series directed by Luca Lombardi.

The author - former president of the Italian Academy of Numismatic Studies for almost three decades, now president of the Mediterranean Society of Numismatic Metrology - synthetically and with scientific rigor analyzes the coins issued in Messina from ancient times to the closure of the Sicilian mint. Taking into account the most recent studies, the monograph opens with historical notes relating to the city, the intense activity of its mint is then presented, which lasted over 22 centuries, starting from the classical era, to then reach Arab, Norman and Swabian domination. , Angevin, Aragonese and Emperor Charles V. The rich iconographic apparatus and the notes accompanying the text are of extreme interest. The work, which constitutes the second volume of the Historical Sciences Series directed by Luca Lombardi, was printed in a limited number of copies and on ivory paper. As proof of the exceptional nature of this publishing event, the publication is made under the aegis of the Mediterranean Society of Numismatic Metrology.

Nicolo Papadopoli, Unpublished coins of the Venetian mint existing in the Papadopoli collection, Tipografia Antonelli, Venice 1881, pp. 18, ill., 1 tablet, 28 cm, elegant half canvas binding with flowery paper plates.

Linked with: Nicolò Papadopoli, On the origins of the Venetian mint and on the ancient relations of the Venetians with the emperors considered behind the examination of the primitive coins, Tipografia Antonelli, Venice 1882, pp. 45, ill., 3 tablets finely engraved.

Autographed dedication by the author on a paper insert applied to the front counterplate.

Some flowering, however overall in excellent condition.

Very rare set.

B. Biondelli, Preface of the work The coins of Milan by Francesco and Ercole Gnecchi, Tip. Bernardoni by C. Rebeschini and C., Milan 1884, pp. 58, 33 cm, br. in paper decorated with red lilies.

Preface by Bernardino Biondelli to the fundamental work of the Gnecchi brothers, published independently with its own title page and pagination.

Elegant ex libris on the reverse of the first card.

Traces of use on the first and last card, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Arthur Engel, Recherches sur la numismatique et la sigillographie des Normands de Sicile et d'Italie, Forni Editore, Bologna 1972, pp. X, 112, 7 tablets, 35 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with gold titles on the spine.

Anastatic reprint of the 1882 Paris edition.

Elegant bookplate inside the front plate.

In perfect condition.

Elio Biaggi, Gualtiero Giustetto, Elio Spinoni, General treatise on medieval numismatics. With historical-numismatic information of all the mints of the lands of Greek-Latin civilization from 395 d. C. to 1500, vol. I, Coins in the history of the Western Roman Empire, L'Artistica, Savigliano 1978, pp. 128, richly illustrated, 30 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with titles and decorations in gold on the spine and on the front plate.

The first volume of this work was the only one published.

Text embellished by Elio Spinoni's autograph dedication to the first guard card.

In excellent condition. Rare.