Modern numismatics

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.

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Annotation XXV: Of an unpublished coin of 1663 and of the change of type in 1637.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

Henri Hoffmann, Les monnaies royales de France depuis Hugues Capet jusqu'a a Louis XVI, chez H. Hoffmann, Paris 1878, pp. XV, 215, 118 plates finely engraved, 32 cm, solid green canvas binding with gold titles on the spine.

Artwork in superb condition, with fresh and marginal paper. Two beautiful ex libris with the library elimination stamp superimposed, elegant embossed stamp on the tables.

Extremely rare.

Orsino Orsini, Four centuries of coins of the kings of France in Italy 1306-1706, La Numismatica, Brescia (1973?), Pp. 32, ill. bn, 20 cm.

Extract from La Numismatica, 1972-1973.