THE 2018 NEW YORK BOOK AUCTION Featuring Selections from the Library of William A. Burd & Other Properties Public Auction and Online Sale 148 Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 12:30 P.M. Auctioneer Marissa Russell, New York Auctioneer License No. 1341093 Sale Location The New York International Numismatic Convention Grand Hyatt New York • Empire State Ballroom 1 • 109 E. 42nd Street • New York, NY 10017 Lots may be viewed by appointment at the offices of Kolbe & Fanning in Gahanna, Ohio from Dec. 1 until Dec. 16, 2017. Selected lots may be viewed at the Grand Hyatt New York Plymouth Room on Thursday, January 11, 2018 from 9:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M., Friday, January 12 from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., and Saturday, January 13 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 NOON. Bidding Instructions Internet Bidding: Advance registration required at bid.numislit.com. Mail and fax bids must arrive in Gahanna by Monday, January 8, 2018. No mail or fax bids arriving after that day will be processed and no telephone message bids left after January 9 on the Gahanna business line will be accepted. Email bids will be accepted until Friday, January 12. No email bids arriving on January 13 can be processed. From January 10 to January 12, telephone bids may be placed by calling (614) 256-8915. Absentee and Live Internet Bidding bid.numislit.com 141 W. Johnstown Road • Gahanna, Ohio 43230 (614) 414-0855 • Fax (614) 414-0860 • numislit.com • [email protected] Terms of Sale Please note that the Terms of Sale for this public auction differ from those of our mail-bid sales and that bidders should be aware of the following. 1. This is a public auction and mail-bid sale. All lots will be sold to the highest bidder. Mail bids (as well as those relayed by fax, email or phone) will be treated as limits and lots will be purchased below these limits where competition permits. Lots will be sold on the date indicated. 2. Absentee bidders should be mindful that bids submitted in irregular increments may be rounded to a lower bid to comply with the auctioneer’s established bidding increments. 3. Unless exempt by law, the buyer will be required to pay, on the total purchase price, the established New York sales tax or any applicable compensating use tax of any other state. Lots delivered in Ohio will be subject to 7.5% sales tax. 4. All floor sales are final. No lots may be returned for any reason by floor buyers. Any claims for adjustment by mail 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 herewith set forth. 5. Bidders unknown to us must supply acceptable credit references or a 25% deposit to assure entry of their bids. 6. This is a reserve auction. The estimates of value are intended solely as a guide. Generally, bidding will start at two-thirds of estimate. 7. An eighteen percent buyer’s premium will be added to the cost of all lots purchased by bidders, including those bidding by mail, phone, fax, email or the internet. There is no additional charge or commission for executing your bids. 8. We reserve the right to withdraw any lot prior to sale for any reason. 9. All postage, insurance and shipping charges will be added to your invoice. There will be a $5.00 charge per lot for processing. A late payment fee of 2% per month will be charged on accounts remaining unpaid 30 days after the sale. 10. Terms of this sale are strictly cash in United States funds. Foreign payments must be made in dollars. All checks must be drawn on United States banks, must have electronic encoding, and all bank charges must be paid by the sender. Payments may also be made directly to our bank. Details will be provided upon request. Invoices may be paid by credit card or PayPal, but the bidder agrees to pay a 3% bank fee for doing so. 11. 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, insurance or registration will be obtained. 12. 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. 13. All books 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. 14. In compliance with New York State law, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC attest to being the owner of all lots offered here at auction except for those whose provenance is stated in the catalogue. 15. 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. Cover: Lot 151 Copyright © 2018 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC • All Rights Reserved The William A. Burd Numismatic Library Kolbe & Fanning are proud to have been chosen to offer at auction the outstanding nu- mismatic library formed by Chicago coin dealer William A. Burd. The Burd Library is well known to many due to the long-standing willingness of the owner to make his library avail- able for use by other numismatists at his Chicago Coin Company offices. With well over 10,000 items on its shelves, the library strived to be truly comprehensive, covering every- thing from ancient coins to modern banknotes and including publications dating from the 16th to the 21st century. Few libraries can be counted upon for their ability to address ancient hacksilber and mod- ern bus tokens, United States large cents and medals of the Italian Renaissance, Chinese spade money and German notgeld. The Burd Library boasts exceptional scope as well as a depth of coverage that is truly impressive. In addition, the library includes a number of bibliophilic gems that would be the highlight of any library. A few especially noteworthy examples, all of them present in this sale, include: • the extremely rare and virtually unknown first issue in book form of Louis XIV’s col- lection of ancient coins (lot 72) • an exceptional, complete set of Visconti & Mongez’s glorious Iconographie Grecque et Romaine in the original red leather bindings (lot 131) • a superlative example of Ricaud de Tiregale’s masterwork on Russian medals (lot 268) • perhaps the finest extant deluxe copy of Browning on U.S. quarter dollars (lot 336) • a deluxe, large-format Bureau of Engraving and Printing portrait & vignette book featuring 223 superb engravings (lot 481). On a personal level, we would have to say that few libraries have been as enjoyable to help form as the Burd Library. Bill has a comprehensive and wide-ranging interest in numismat- ics, and the scope of his curiosity is reflected in his books. We fondly recall having dinner with him after one of our New York Book Auctions several years ago, and always enjoyed our visits to his office and library in Chicago. Bill has a connoisseur’s appreciation for re- markable books on all areas of numismatics, and his enthusiasm is contagious. While we are a bit saddened to see his library dispersed, we are excited at the prospect of sharing these wonderful books with a new audience. We hope you enjoy this catalogue. —Kolbe & Fanning The 2018 New York Book Auction • Sale 148 3 Lot 131 4 All lots are illustrated at bid.numislit.com Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers ANCIENT NUMISMATICS Alfoldi’s Caesar in 44 v. Chr. 1 Alföldi, Andreas. CAESAR IN 44 V. CHR. BAND 2: DAS ZEUGNIS DER MÜN- ZEN MIT EINER REVISION DER STEMPEL UND STEMPELVERBINDUNGEN VON DR. WENDELIN KELLNER. Bonn, 1974. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. xiv, 82, (4) pages; 156 fine plates of coins. Fine. $400 Antiquitas Band 17. Important and quite scarce, especially in this condition. Kroh 76 (five stars). Indian Coins in the British Museum 2 Allan, John, and Edward James Rapson. A CATALOGUE OF THE INDIAN COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: COINS OF THE GUPTA DYNASTIES / COINS OF ANCIENT INDIA / COINS OF THE ANDHRA DYNASTY. London, 1967 reprints. Three volumes. 8vo, original matching red cloth, gilt; jackets. 1286 pages; 91 plates, mostly depicting coins. Jackets a trifle worn. Some annotations. Near fine. $200 Lot 3 Three classic standard works. Ex William A. Burd Library. Names on Ancient Persian Coins 3 Alram, Michael.