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Sale 146 IMPORTANT NUMISMATIC LITERATURE Featuring Selections from Several Private European Libraries and the Specialized Holdings of an American Collector Mail Bid & Live Online Auction Saturday, July 15 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, July 14. 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 • numislit.com • [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 18% 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. Invoices may be paid by credit card or PayPal, but the bidder agrees to pay a 3% bank fee for doing so. 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 possible, 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 cor- rected. 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 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 All serious defects are noted. The above sizes are intended for modern books; antiquarian books are described based on page format. 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: From Lot 179 Copyright © 2017 Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC ANCIENT NUMISMATICS Akerman’s 1834 Classic on Roman Coins TION. TEXT: PARTS I–VI ... SMALL NUMISMATIC DIC- 1 Akerman, J.Y. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF RARE TIONARY ... RECORD OF RECENT AUCTION PRICES / AND UNEDITED ROMAN COINS FROM THE EARLIEST GENERAL GUIDE—INDEX / SUMMARY AND PLATES: PERIOD OF THE ROMAN COINAGE, TO THE EXTINC- PARTS I–VI. First edition. London, 1910–16. Thirteen parts TION OF THE EMPIRE UNDER CONSTANTINUS PALE- complete. 4to, original printed card covers. xli, (1), (2), viii, ix, OLOGOS. London: Effingham Wilson, 1834. Two volumes. 8vo, (1), ix, (1), viii, x, vii, (1), viii, 138, (4), 112, (4), 152, (4), 99, (1), later matching yellow cloth; red morocco spine labels, gilt. (2), xxi, (4), 146, (4), 108, 20, 7, (1) pages; 27 + 25 + 30 + 21 + 25 + 22 (1), 506; (2), 512 pages; 22 plates of coins engraved by Henry A. fine plates depicting 3667 different coins, including illustrations Ogg. Intermittent staining and discoloration. Very good. $100 of 6856 obverses and reverses. Original spines worn, as usual, One of this prolific author’s most ambitious and popular works. Aker- with a couple covers detached and one blank rear cover lacking. man, usually considered the father of the Royal Numismatic Society, A very good set. $400 was the most important figure in the early history of British numismat- A most useful attribution aid, arranged using the following categories: 1) ics. Leitzmann 2. Industry; 2) War; 3) Agriculture; 4) Religion; 5) Architecture; 6) Naval and Marine; 7) Science & the Arts; and 8) Various. Rarely encountered Alfoldi’s Caesar in 44 v. Chr. as originally published in 13 separate card-covered volumes. Clain-Ste- 2 fanelli 3406*. Daehn 559: “A comprehensive guide to identifying Greek Alföldi, Andreas. CAESAR IN 44 V. CHR. BAND 2: DAS coins.” Grierson 59. Kroh 8 and 66: “This work identifies Greek coins ZEUGNIS DER MÜNZEN MIT EINER REVISION DER having as their devices inanimate objects (excluding animals, gods and STEMPEL UND STEMPELVERBINDUNGEN VON DR. humans).” Ex Joe Der library (John Bergman Sale 6, lot 670). WENDELIN KELLNER. Bonn, 1974. 4to, original green cloth, gilt. xiv, 82, (4) pages; 156 fine plates of coins. Fine. $500 Ars Classica V: British Museum Antiquitas Band 17. Important and quite scarce, especially in this condi- 7 [Ars Classica V]. Naville et Cie. V. MONNAIES GRECQUES tion. Kroh 76 (five stars). ANTIQUES PROVENANT DES DOUBLES DU BRITISH The Constantinian Gold Coinage MUSEUM, DES COLLECTIONS DE FEU LE GÉNÉRAL A.L. 3 BERTIER DE LA GARDE ET DE DIVERS AUTRES AMA- Alföldi, Maria R. DIE CONSTANTINISCHE GOLDPRÄ- TEURS. Lucerne, 18 juin 1923 et jours suivant. 4to, later card GUNG, UNTERSUCHUNGEN ZU IHRER BEDEUTUNG covers; original printed front card cover remnants mounted. (6), FÜR KAISERPOLITIK UND HOFKUNST. Mainz, 1963. 4to, 132 pages; 3038 lots; 85 fine plates depicting every single-coin original gray cloth, gilt. xi, (1), 236, (2) pages; text illustrations; 1 lot. Spine reinforced with heavy tape. Good to very good. $100 + 41 plates. Covers a bit discolored; near fine. $150 A scarcer sale. Clain-Stefanelli 1949. Grierson 280. Spring 475 [also list- Scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 4354. Kroh 89: “an in-depth study and virtual ed under “Most important sales of Celtic coins” and “Most important corpus of the Constantinian gold coinage.” sales of ancient Greek coins”]. A Beautifully Illustrated Work on Roman Bement Greek Coins Part II Republican Coins 8 [Ars Classica VII] Naville et Cie. VII. CATALOGUE DE 4 Alteri, Giancarlo. REI PUBLICAE ROMANAE MONETA. MONNAIES GRECQUES ANTIQUES EN OR ET EN AR- Degremont, 1998. 4to, original light gray linen lettered in blue. GENT COMPOSANT LA COLLECTION DE FEU CLAR- 303, (1) pages; illustrated throughout in color. Fine. $100 ENCE S. BEMENT DE PHILADELPHIE (U.S.A.). SECONDE A beautifully illustrated work on Roman Republican coins. The photog- PARTIE: ATTIQUE À MAURITANIE INCL. Lucerne, 23–24 raphy is excellent. juin 1924. 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 84 pages; lots 1083–1909; 31 fine plates numbered 38–68 depicting all single- A Complete Set of Numismatic Literature coin lots. Small closed marginal tear on several leaves; spine 5 American Numismatic Society.