THE REFERENCE LIBRARY OF A NUMISMATIC BOOKSELLER Sale 154 The Reference Library of a Numismatic Bookseller The George F. Kolbe Library Mail Bid & Live Online Auction Saturday, October 26 at 12:00 Noon Eastern Time Place bids and view lots online at BID.NUMISLIT.COM Absentee bids placed by post, email, fax or phone due by midnight Friday, October 25. Absentee bids may be placed online any time before the sale. 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • [email protected] Terms of Sale 1. This is an online and mail-bid sale. Absentee bids will be accepted by mail, fax, email and phone until the day before the live online sale. On the day of the live online sale, only bids placed via the live online platform will be accepted: no phone, fax, email or mail bids can be entered on the day of the sale. 2. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder at the time of the sale. All bids (whether placed online or by mail, fax, email or phone) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. 3. Absentee bidders should be mindful that bids submitted in irregular increments may be rounded to a lower bid to comply with the online platform’s established bidding increments. 4. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay 7.5% sales tax on the total purchase price of all lots delivered in Ohio. Purchasers may also be liable for compensating use taxes in other states, which are solely the responsibility of the purchaser. Foreign bidders may be required to pay duties, fees or taxes in their respective countries, which are also the responsibility of the bidders. 5. This is not an approval sale. Any claims for adjustment by bidders must be made within three days after receipt of lots purchased. No lots may be returned without our written permission. By submitting bids you agree to the Terms of Sale. 6. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. Registration of unknown bidders on the live online platform will constitute approval only when the bidder provides an acceptable credit card number with registration. 7. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Starting prices for this sale are at approximately two-thirds of estimate, though this may vary. Kolbe & Fanning reserve the right to purchase items in this sale for customers or stock at their discretion. 8. A buyer’s premium of 20% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. 9. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale for any reason. 10. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to the buyer’s invoice. There will be a $3.00 charge per lot for processing. 11. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 12. This sale is conducted in U.S. dollars. Payment may be made by check, money order, credit card, PayPal or wire transfer. All checks must be in U.S. dollars and drawn on U.S. banks. Our bank account details will be provided on request for wire transfers, and any bank charges must be paid by the sender. 13. Lots to be mailed to addresses not in the United States or its Territories will be sent only at the risk of the purchaser. When pos- sible, postal insurance will be obtained. Packages covered by private insurance will be so covered at a cost of 1% of total value, to be paid by the buyer. 14. Title to all lots remains with the cataloguer until paid for in full. Payment must be made immediately upon notification or upon receipt of material. The discretionary right to withhold delivery of lots until full payment has been received is reserved. 15. All lots are as described. We acknowledge the possibility of errors or typographical mistakes, and any errors on our part will be cheerfully corrected. We cannot be responsible for your errors; please check your bid sheet carefully. 16. Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC are licensed by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture (license 2011000028) as an auction firm, and are bonded as required by law in favor of the State of Ohio. BOOK SIZES BOOK CONDITIONS F° (folio) over 13 inches As new — no signs of wear or defects. 4to (quarto) 12 inches Fine — nice clean copy, slight signs of use. 8vo (octavo) 9 inches Very good — some wear, no serious defects. 12mo (duodecimo) 7–8 inches Good — average used and worn book, complete. 16mo (sextodecimo) 6–7 inches Reading copy — poor but readable. 24mo (vigesimoquarto) 5–6 inches Ex-library — with library identification marks. 32mo (trigesimosecundo) 4–5 inches Unless stated otherwise, all books are bound; all periodicals and auction sale catalogues are in the original paper covers. Books without descriptions of condition may be assumed to be nice clean copies in the octavo range. Sizes are not always noted for auction catalogues and periodicals. All serious defects are noted. Copyright © 2019 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC • All Rights Reserved TABLE OF CONTENTS Numismatic Bibliography 1579–1801 ............................................11 Arranged Chronologically Numismatic Bibliography since Lipsius (1801) ....................................18 Arranged by Topic or Locale Economic, Financial & Banking Bibliographies & Library Catalogues ................55 Other Bibliographies with Numismatic Content ...................................57 Philatelic Reference Works & Catalogues with Numismatic Content .................59 Philology ....................................................................60 Bibliographical Works on Gems & Seals ..........................................61 Numismatic Library & Exhibition Catalogues .....................................62 Numismatic Bookplates ........................................................66 Numismatic Institution, Society & Company Histories .............................67 Numismatic Biographies, Catalogues Raisonnés & Collections ......................70 Numismatic Directories .......................................................80 Numismatic Periodicals. 82 Numismatic Dictionaries & Lexicons ............................................89 General References ............................................................91 Bibliographical Guides ........................................................91 Fixed Price Lists & Publisher Catalogues .........................................94 Auction Catalogues: A Selection of Key International Sales ........................106 Early Sales, Arranged Chronologically ......................................106 Modern Sales, Arranged by Firm ...........................................110 Auction Catalogues: A Selection of Key United States Sales ........................117 Early Sales, Arranged Chronologically ......................................117 Modern Sales, Arranged by Firm ...........................................118 Supplementary Works ........................................................124 Numismatic Wall Art, Including ANA Convention Photographs ....................131 Special Editions .............................................................138 George Frederick Kolbe Publications ...........................................146 George Frederick Kolbe Archives ..............................................162 The Reference Library of a Numismatic Bookseller ...............................166 A NOTE ON THE CATALOGUE The text of this auction catalogue takes as its basis George Frederick Kolbe’s descriptive catalogue The Reference Library of a Numismatic Bookseller, which he published in 2012. Most of the skeleton and much of the meat of that corpus has been retained herein; but as this is a sale catalogue and not a bibliography, it varies somewhat in arrangement and more substantially in detail, particularly in matters relating to binding and condition. I have, throughout, attempted to keep George’s voice in the comments, as it is a pleasure to hear him discuss the library he formed with so much care over the years. The clearest difference between the present offering and the catalogues usually issued by our firm is that the subject of most of the books offered herein is books, and not coins. Of course, the books described by the books below are themselves about coins, but this may, for some, seem a bit meta—a step too far removed. To those, I would beg leave to say a few words in defense of the relevance of bibliographies to people who do not consider them- selves bibliophiles. Most books on coins can be compared to train schedules: they tell you what you need to know—how to get from A to B—but only within the parameters set by the tracks. A good bibliography is going to outline for the reader all of the various means we have devised of getting from A to B—not only by train, but by walking, by air, by car, or by boat. Or by jumping, or skipping, or walking on our hands—the best bibliographies err on the side of inclusion, after all. A book reveals what it knows; a bibliography reveals what is known. And for those who remain unconvinced, rest assured there are plenty of coin books here, too. It has been an honor—and an enjoyable honor at that—to work with George on this cata- logue, just as it has been an honor to work with him on everything we’ve done together over the past decade. It is our hope that the dispersal of his library helps ensure his legacy to numismatic scholarship. The closing of the comments section of most of the entries to follow will point the reader to the relevant