Modern numismatics

Declarationes valoris monetarum for officiales officii monetarum civitatis Januae sedentes in cecha pro tribunali ad bancum iuris. Regesti, edited by Ubaldo Meroni, sn, Mantova 1953, pp. 56 typewritten on the recto, 30 cm, contemporary half canvas binding.

Important preparatory typescript for the text Declarationes valoris monetarum per officiales officii monetarum civitatis Januae sedentes in cecha pro tribunali ad bancum iuris, with handwritten corrections by Ubaldo Meroni. The final text was printed in 250 numbered copies as the third volume of the series Fonti for the history of money in Italy in the Middle and Modern ages, dedicated to the mint of Genoa, published in 1953 in Cuneo for the types of the Publishing House.

The volume, accompanied by many notes, is signed by Meroni and dated Mantua 25 June 1953. It is enriched by a visiting card of the same scholar, who held the position of director of the Municipal Library of Mantua, stapled on the front page of the guard.

From the Index: Declarationes valoris monetarum per officiales officii monetarum civitatis Januae sedentes in cecha pro tribunali ad bancum iuris; Appendix; Course of the exchange of the golden shield of the sun and the golden shield of Italy in Genoa from 1504 to 1638; Notes to the course of the golden shield of the sun; Notes to the course of the golden shield of Italy then of the five prints; Index of people, places and notable things.

In excellent condition. Unique specimen.

A. dell'Erba, Benvenuto Cellini between medals and coins, sn, sl, 1949, pp. 16, 24 cm.

Conversation held at the assembly of the Neapolitan numismatic club, on February 28, 1949.

Extracted from: Rinaldi numismatic yearbook, 1949.

Small lack on the front cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Franco Saetti, Perspective images in Italian Renaissance coinage: the double duchy of Alfonso I d'Este, Italian Numismatic Society, sl 2000, pp. 113-138, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. moult.

Extract from: Italian journal of numismatics and related sciences, vol. CI, 2000.

In perfect condition.

Francesco and Ercole Gnecchi, Of some unpublished and unknown coins of the Scio mint, LF Cogliati, Milan 1888, pp. 14, 1 pl., 25 cm, br. and. suit protected by decorated paper.

Extract from: Italian numismatic magazine, a. I (1888), fasc. THE.

Blooms, otherwise in good condition. Extremely rare.

Memmo Cagiati, The coins of the realm of the two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, fasc. X, Typography Joele & Aliberti, Naples 1937, pp. VI, 104, splendid illustrations interspersed in the text, 28 cm, br. and. with titles and decorations on the front plate.

This is the last and rarest issue, dedicated to the Messina mint, of the important work of Memmo Cagiati, published posthumously in just 250 numbered copies by his stepdaughter Eugenia Majorana. This is specimen no. 175.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Henry Noel Humphreys, The coin collectorʼs manual or guide to the numismatic student in the formation of a cabinet of coins. Comprising an historical and critical account of the origin and progress of coinage from the earliest period to the fall of the Roman Empire, 2 volumes, George Bell and Sons, London 1883, pp. XXIV, 726 total, richly illustrated, 11 tablets. finely engraved overall, 19 cm, beautiful editorial binding on the entire canvas with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

Volume I: pp. XXIV, 352, 9 pl.

Volume II: pp. 353-726, 2 tablets

Linked to volume II: Complete catalog of Bohn's libraries, George Bell and Sons, London 1886, pp. 13.

This important guide for numismatists became the most popular in the 19th century and was reprinted until the end of the 20th century. The work presents a historical and critical account of the origin and progress of the coin, up to the fall of the Roman Empire. There is no lack of in-depth considerations on the coins of modern and contemporary Europe.

At the end of the first volume some papers with restored margins without text loss, however an example in good general condition.

Domenico Casimiro Promis, Piedmontese obsidional coins. Beaten during the sieges of the cities of Nice 1543, Vercelli 1617 and 1638, Casale 1628 and 1630, Cuneo 1641, Alessandria, 1746. Second edition with 37 engravings interspersed in the text, enriched with new notes and news on the Novara obsidional coins. by L. De Mauri, Patristic Antiques Library, Turin 1903, pp. 44, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Edition of 400 numbered and autographed copies by De Mauri, this is no. 76.

Membership stamp on the paperback and title page.

Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise exemplary in excellent condition.

Very rare.

The protagonists of the sieges of Montalcino in the 1500s. Review of historical facts and coins, by Ivo Caprioli, photographs by Massimo Macinai, Al. Sa. Ba., Siena 1989, pp. 52, splendid illustrations in col., Cm 20, br. and.

Catalog of the exhibition held in Montalcino in 1989, which includes a short afterword by the numismatist Luigi Simonetti.

Very good condition. Extremely rare.

Giulio Miscosi, The Genoese coins, published by the author, pp. 52 overall, richly illustrated, 24 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with titles and embossed decorations on the front plate.

Complete collection of Miscosi's numismatic publications, created by the amateur artist himself. The work includes the following works:

An unpublished page of pre-Roman Ligurian history. The historical and numismatic classification of the coins commonly known as Casella coins found in Crocetta d'Orero (near Genoa) in 1923, Genoa 1926, pp. 12, the original editorial paperback preserved.

Linked with: Ligurian origins. Three thousand years of Genoa. The Massili di Numidia (Neptunian knights). Follow-up to: Classification of Casella coins found in Crocetta d'Orero (near Genoa) in 1923, Genoa 1927, pp. 16, the original editorial paperback preserved.

Linked with: Genoese coins from the 5th century BC. C. to 1815 d. C., sn, slsa, pp. 8.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Giuseppe Ruggero, Genoese numismatic annotations XXV, XXVI, XXVII, Cogliati, Milan 1895, pp. 167-197, ill., 28 cm, br. in gray cardboard with titles on the front cover.

Annotation XXV: Of an unpublished coin of 1663 and of the change of type in 1637.

Annotation XXVI: Obverse and reverse in the type of the Virgin.

Annotation XXVII: On the antiquity of the genovino d'oro.

Elegant ex libris on the last card, label belonging to the front cover.

Insignificant blooms on some cards, but overall exemplary in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Eugenio Vajna, Storage room of San Quirico di Val Polcevera. Current state of knowledge, Ennerre Editions, Milan 2002, pp. 24, richly illustrated, 24 cm.

Supplement n. XX of Numismatic Annotations, a. XII, s. IV, n. 46.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

Publication in perfect condition and extremely rare.

Domenico Giuria, The coins of the Gio. Policarpo Lamberti collection, preface by Silvia Bottaro, Municipality of Savona, Savona 1993, pp. XIII, 305, rich in bn and col. Illustrations, cm 24, br. and.

Elegant ex libris on the last card.

Overall in good condition.

Mario Orlandoni, Ancient coins in Val d'Aosta, Musumeci Editore, Aosta 1983, pp. 205, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. and.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

In excellent condition.

Curiosities and essays on numismatics, Turin numismatic circle, Turin 1952, pp. 87, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

The text includes interesting contributions from ancient, medieval and modern numismatics, medals and sphragistics, signed by Angelo Dragone, Mario Cattaneo, Lodovico Laffranchi, Edoardo Cassina, Ubaldo Meroni, Eugenio Barrera, Enzo Pellegrino, etc.

Volume published in 330 numbered, stamped and signed copies; this is n. 128.

Elegant ex libris to the last card.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Giacomo Majorca, Sicilian contemporary numismatics or the Corsican coins before 1860, Centro Editoriale Meridionale, Palermo 1983, pp. 154, richly illustrated bn and col., Cm 24, br. and.

Anastatic reprint of the Palermo edition, 1870.

Elegant bookplate and label belonging to the last guard card.

Insignificant shortcomings to the internal flap of the back cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

Les Grimaldi à travers leurs monneies, Editions Victor Gadoury, Monaco 1997, pp. 100, richly illustrated, 21 cm, br. and.

Price list indicating the value of the coins based on the state of conservation.

Adriana Travaglini, Inventory of Salento coin finds. Circulation problems, Giorgio Bretschneider Editore, Rome 1982, pp. VI, 263, 72 tablets of which 4 folded, 24 cm, editorial paperback with dust jacket.

Archaeologica series, 23.

Scientific text of great interest. Attached business card of the publisher with autographed dedication.

Very good condition.

Arturo G. Sambon, Engravers of the minting of the Neapolitan coin, Typography LF Cogliati, Milan 1893, pp. 16 p., Ill., 2 splendid tables covered with tissue paper, cm 27, paperback ed. protected by cover.

Extract from the Italian numismatic magazine, a. VI, fasc. I, 1893.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover.

Blooms on the tables, but overall a good copy. Extremely rare.

J. Charvet, Origines du pouvoir temporel des papes précisées par la numismatique, E. Dentu, Paris 1865, pp. 172, ill., 1 pl., Cm 28, br. and. coeval.

Beautiful publication enriched by numerous illustrations and a splendid table in the front door.

Undamaged and in excellent condition. Very rare.

The Capitolar from the brochures of the Mint of Venice (1358-1556), edited by Giorgetta Bonfiglio Dosio, Editrice Antenore, Padua 1984, pp. XX, 499, 25 cm, br. and.

Bibliotheca Winsemann Falghera series, edited by Giovanni Gorini, 1.

Volume of great scientific interest, reproducing the Capitolar from the broche, a fundamental text for the knowledge and reconstruction of the life of the Venice mint. The transcription of the code, accurate and responsive to the modern needs of paleography, is due to the patient effort of Dr. G. Bonfiglio Dosio of the Archival Superintendency of Veneto.

New one.

Historical archive of Calabria, Tip. Muca, Naples, a. I, no. 5, September 1913, pp. 457-567, richly ill., 25 cm, br. and.

From the Index: M. Cagiati, Coins assigned to some cities of Calabria from the 15th to the 18th century; P. Orsi, Excavations of Calabria in the years 1910-11 (continued); L. Volpicella, Official Epistolary of the Governor of Calabria Ultra Lorenzo Cenami (continued); Bibliographic Bulletin; V. Capialbi, Continuation to the Sacred Italy of Ughelli.

Interesting issue of this important periodical which includes a substantial contribution by the numismatist Memmo Cagiati (pp. 457-481) rich in illustrations reproducing coins.

Giovanni Bovi, The half pugs and the five of Naples in the years 1582 and 1583, Istituto della Stampa, Naples 1951, pp. 15, ill., Cm 30, br. and.

Extract from the Bulletin of the Neapolitan Numismatic Circle, a. XXXVI, 1951.

Good copy. Interesting.

Venice and its lagoons, 4 parts in 3 volumes, in the IR privil. stab. Antonelli, Venice 1847, pp. 2242 overall, 23 tablets of which 3 folds, 28 cm, precious coeval binding in Moroccan middle with nerves, titles in gold on the back and sprinkled cuts.

Volume I: Volume I, Part I, pp. 367. Linked with: Volume I, Part II, pp. 500, 4 splendid tables. reproducing coins, 1 pl. geogr. folded. Linked with: Appendices, pp. 107, 1 large plate. geogr. folded.

Volume II: Volume II, Part I, pp. 594.

Volume III: Volume II, Part II, pp. 516, 16 splendid plates, 1 large plate geogr. folded. Linked with: Appendices, pp. 158.

I compose the volumes with the following monographs: Sagredo, Civil and political history; Zinelli, Ecclesiastical News; Manin, Venetian jurisprudence; Calucci, Finance; Zon, Mint and coins; Casoni, Military Forces; Lazzari, Travelers and Navigators; Zanotto, Painting; Sagredo, Architecture, sculpture and chalcography; Carrer, Literature and dialect; Canal, Music; Cicogna, The noble families; Cadorin, Magistrates; Veludo, Eastern Greek colony; Wittche, evangelical community of Augustan confession of Protestants; Lattes, Jewish community; Foscolo, News of the Lagoon; Zanardini, Flora; Nardo, Marine fauna; Contarini, Terrestrial fauna; Namias, Climate and Public Health; Arrigoni, Public health measures; Sagredo, Civil and military status; Arrigoni, Institutes of scholastic and moral education; Veludo, Academies, libraries, scientific collections, medals, printers and newspapers; Tomasoni, Public Aid; Tomasoni, Free port, industry, trade; Locatelli, Parties, shows and substitutes; Zanotto, Description of the city; Carrer, Isole and Chioggia; Cadorin, Public and private archives; the work closes with a large section dedicated to the Venetian bibliography. For the realization of this powerful work the best specialists of the time collaborated for each subject treated, thus providing a vast panorama of the social, economic, cultural, scientific and political life of Venice on the eve of the uprisings of 1848-49.

The table folded geographical area of the Appendices to vol. I is linked to the end of vol. II, p. II. Membership stamp on the reverse of the title pages, dry embossed on tables and post plates. Ex libris superimposed with old library deletion stamp. Ligatures with very slight traces of use, volume II has the upper cap removed, however on the whole it is a complete work of all its parts, in excellent condition, with fresh and marginal paper.

Benjamin Fillon, Considérations historiques et Artistiques sur les monnaies de France, Robuchon, Fontenay-Vendée 1850, pp. xi, 252, many ill., 4 beautiful plates, 22 cm, br. and.

In perfect condition, uncut, with fresh paper without stains or even minimal blooms.

Extremely rare.