Modern numismatics

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

A monumental work by Henri Hoffmann (1823–1897), one of the most authoritative scholars of French coinage active in Paris in the second half of the 19th century. This volume constitutes a comprehensive and methodically structured repertoire, retracing in rigorous chronological order the entire series of French royal issues from their origins to the end of the Ancien Régime. The exceptional iconographic apparatus, in its breadth, precision, and execution, gives the work a documentary value of primary importance. Still regularly cited in scholarly circles and permanently present in major European specialist libraries, it remains an essential reference for the study of medieval and modern French coinage.

Two beautiful bookplates with a library elimination stamp superimposed on them, elegant blind stamp on the plates.

Work in superb state of preservation, with fresh and margined paper.

Very rare.

Antonio Pagani, Italian Coins from the Napoleonic Invasion to the Present Day (1796-1961), First Edition, Mario Ratto Editore Numismatico, Milan 1962, pp. 367, richly illustrated, 28 cm, full cloth binding with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

The first edition of this seminal catalogue of modern and contemporary Italian numismatics, Antonio Pagani's work systematically describes and illustrates 953 coins, offering a classification tool that remains highly useful today for the study of Italian issues from the Napoleonic period to the late 20th century. The clarity of the layout, combined with the breadth of documentation, has made it an essential reference over time.

In excellent condition.

Antonio Pagani, Italian Coins from the Napoleonic Invasion to the Present Day (1796-1980), Third Corrected and Updated Edition, Mario Ratto Numismatica, Milan 1982, pp. 440, richly illustrated, 28 cm, full cloth binding with gold titles on the spine and front cover.

The latest and most comprehensive edition of this seminal catalogue of modern and contemporary Italian numismatics, Antonio Pagani's work systematically describes 5,182 coins, accompanied by 1,210 illustrations, offering a classification tool that remains highly useful today for the study of Italian mintings from the Napoleonic period to the late 20th century. The clarity of the layout, combined with the breadth of documentation, has made it an essential reference over time.

Additionally: M. Ratto, A. Castellotti, Current valuations of Italian coins from the Napoleonic invasion to the present day (1796-1980), According to the text by Antonio Pagani, Mario Ratto Numismatica, Milan 1994, pp. 60, cm 29.

Insignificant traces of use on the plates of the first volume, otherwise in excellent condition.

Uncommon set.

Jean Mazard, Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1963, Tome I, 1790-1848, Èmile Bourgey, Monnaies et Médailles, Paris, Bale 1965, pp. 294, richly illustrated, 28 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine.

In addition: Jean Mazard, Histoire monétaire et numismatique contemporaine 1790-1967, Tome II, 1848-1967, Èmile Bourgey, Monnaies et Médailles, Paris, Bale 1968, pp. 314, richly illustrated, 28 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine.

Jean Mazard's seminal work, conceived as a comprehensive summary of contemporary French monetary and numismatic history, structured according to rigorous and readily accessible criteria. The catalogue systematically lists not only official issues, but also proofs, mintings, and private issues, providing highly useful illustrations and indications of rarity for each category. Although the editorial project envisioned a coverage up to 1963, publication of the second volume was postponed, and the chronological presentation actually extends to 1967, making the work even more comprehensive and up-to-date than the original.

In excellent condition.

The Gonzaga mints, Mantua and Sabbioneta (ca. 1150-1707), Coins from the former royal collection and the civic numismatic collections of Milan, edited by Massimo Rossi, texts by Emanuela Ercolani Cocchi, Umberto Maffezzoli, Il Bulino, Modena 1989, pp. 94, richly illustrated, 24 cm, br. ed.

Catalogue of the numismatic exhibition held in Sabbioneta from 9 September to 8 October 1989.

In excellent condition. Uncommon publication.

Burton Hobson, Catalog of Scandinavian Coins, Gold, Silver and Minor Coins since 1534 with Their Valuations, Second Edition, Sterling Publishing, Oak Tree Press, Port Washington 1970, pp. 128, richly illustrated, 26 cm, card. and.

Small ownership label on the title page.

In excellent condition.

Jean de Mey et Bernard Poindessault, Répertoire de la numismatique française contemporaine, 1793 à nos jours, Third Edition, Imprimerie Cultura, Bruxelles, Paris, 1976, pp. 438, richly illustrated, 25 cm, imitation leather binding ed. with gold titles and embossed decorations on the spine and front cover.

In excellent condition.

Alessio Montagano, Italian Regional Coins. Minor Mints of Tuscany, Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, slsd, pp. 302, richly illustrated, 25 cm, c. ed.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Sergio Cudazzo, Italian Regional Coins, House of Savoy, Edizioni Numismatica Varesi, Pavia 2005, pp. 678, richly illustrated, 25 cm, hardback

Edition of 500 copies.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Alberto Varesi, Italian Regional Coins. Emilia, Second Edition, Varesi Numismatic Editions, Pavia 2009, pp. 320, richly illustrated, 25 cm, cart. and.

New one. Rare.

Rodolfo Spahr, Sicilian coins from the Aragonese to the Bourbons (1282-1836), edited by the Banco di Sicilia, Palermo 1959, pp. 296, 4 genealogical plates + 39 plates reproducing coins placed in a side pocket, 28 cm, full cloth binding with titles and decorations on the front cover and spine.

Fundamental text for the study of the coins examined.

Light traces of use and ordinary signs of age, otherwise in more than good condition.

Rare.

Domenico Giuria, Le moneta savonesi, Cassa di Risparmio di Savona, Savona 1984, pp. 250, richly illustrated in color, 30 cm, bound in green cloth with titles on the spine, front cover, and dust jacket.

Numbered edition.

In excellent condition.

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

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

A work of primary scientific importance, fundamental to understanding and reconstructing the organization, regulations, and operational life of the Venetian mint between the 14th and 16th centuries. This volume reproduces in its entirety the celebrated Capitolar dalle broche, a normative source of exceptional importance for Venetian monetary history. The transcription of the document, conducted with rigorous philological criteria and fully compliant with modern paleographic requirements, is the result of the patient and meticulous work of Giorgetta Bonfiglio Dosio of the Superintendency of Archives of the Veneto.

In perfect condition.

Giuseppe Lunardi, The coins of the Genoese colonies, Ligurian society of homeland history, Genoa 1980, pp. 317, rich in illustrations, 5 tablets. folded, cm 24, br. and.

In perfect condition. Rare.

The Mint of Milan, edited by Giovanni Gorini, Italian Numismatic Society, Milan 1984, pp. 600, richly illustrated, 25 cm, hardback ed.

Proceedings of the International Conference, Milan, May 9-14, 1983.

Small ownership signature on the title page.

Excellent condition. Rare.

Marco Dubbini, Giancarlo Mancinelli, Stefano Mancinelli, The coinage used during the siege of Ancona in 1799, preserved in the National Museum of Ancona, Il Lavoro Editoriale, slsa, pp. 31, richly illustrated with beautiful images, 28 cm.

A valuable study dedicated to the dies of the 1799 siege of Ancona, now preserved at the city's National Museum. The text offers detailed and highly interesting documentation: images of the dies, their impressions, and the metal body are presented, along with descriptions of the stamps and engraved inscriptions. The reproduction of the dies of gold and silver coins is particularly noteworthy.

Slight traces of use on the top corner of the back cover, otherwise in excellent condition.

A publication of great interest and today of considerable rarity, also due to the extremely limited print run.

Giacomo Majorca, Contemporary Sicilian Numismatics or Coins in Circulation Before 1860, Pietro Pensante Press, Palermo 1870, pp. 108 accompanied by 24 splendid chromolithograph plates, 18 cm, hardback ed.

An edition dedicated to Sicilian coinage prior to 1860, Giacomo Majorca's work was conceived with the aim of organizing the types, recording their readings, weights, and legends. The series of 24 chromolithograph plates, of excellent quality, sensitively captures the color rendition of the metals, a feature rarely found in contemporary editions. This apparatus represents a significant bibliographical asset, enhancing the work's interest.

Slight, non-defacing stain on the margin of various pages, otherwise a copy in very good condition.

Very rare original edition.

Proceedings of the International Congress of Historical Sciences, vol. VI, section IV, Numismatics, Rome 1-9 April 1903, Printing House of the Royal Academy of the Lincei, Rome 1904, pp. XX, 259, 7 fine plates, including one large fold-out, 26 cm, br. ed. protected by contemporary paper.

Of fundamental importance due to the numerous contributions of eminent scholars. Contents: Minutes of the meetings; Ambrosoli Solone, On the use of national languages in numismatic writings (Report); Ricci Serafino, On the organization of medieval and modern Italian coin collections (Report); Ricci Serafino, On the organization of medieval and modern Italian mints (Report) - (with a topographical sketch of the Lombard mints and a declarative table); Castellani Giuseppe, For the organization of Italian coin collections (Report); Bresslau H., The imperial denarii of Frederick I; Gnecchi Francesco, Allegorical personifications on Roman imperial coins (with a synoptic table); Zielinski Giuseppe, Biographical Notices on Jean-Marie Mosca (Paduan) and Jean Jacob Caraglio, Italian artists in Poland, in the 16th century; Gabrici Ettore, On the value of coin types in historical, ethnographic, and religious problems; Babelon Ernesto, The Coins of Septimus Severus, Caracalla, and Geta, Related to Africa (with a plate); Gnecchi Ercole, Notes on Italian Numismatics. A Scutum of Gian Battista Spinola, Prince of Vergagni; Ambrosoli Solone, On the So-Called "Restitutions" of Gallienus or Philip; Blanchet Adrien, The Congiarium of Caesar and the Coins Signed Palikanus; Castellani Giuseppe, On the History of Papal Coinage in the Final Years of the Eighteenth Century (with a comparison table); Simonetti Alberto, Types of Ancient Greek Coins; Luschin von Ebengreuth Arnold, On the Method to Be Observed in Describing Hoards of Medieval Coins in Order to Maximize Historical Profit; Pick Behrendt, Statues of Apollo Reproduced on Greek and Roman Coins; Papadopoli Nicolò, The Venetian Tariff of 1543 (with a plate); Haberlin EI, Corpus numorum aeris gravis; Caruso-Lanza Michele, The study of Greek coins in relation to history, mythology and the science of comparative religions; Correra Luigi, Observations on a coin from Neapolis; De Petra Giulio, The date of two Greek coins; Ricci Serafino, Numismatics in teaching; Ambrosoli Solone, On some new Italian mints; Bahrfeldt M., On the chronology of the coins of Marcus Antonius, 710-724 BC (44-30 v. Chr.); Dattari G., «Περίοδος» On the coins of Alexandria (with a table); De Witte A., The monetary relations between Italy and the Belgian provinces in the middle ages and in the modern era; Marchisio Federico, Studies on the Numismatics of the House of Savoy. Other Unpublished Coins of Duke Charles Emmanuel I (with two plates); Maurice Jules, The Sirmium Coin Workshop During the Constantine Period (with one plate); Rizzoli Luigi, Venetian Coins from the Bottacin Museum in Padua; Spigardi Arturo, Medals of the Italian Risorgimento.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Giuseppe De Sopo, New Variants and Curiosities in Neapolitan Bourbon Coins, La Nuova Libreria, Potenza nd, pp. 184, 4 plates, 21 cm, br. ed.

Published in a very limited edition by a small Lucanian printer, this volume brings together a series of updates that integrate and complement De Sopo's previous studies on Neapolitan Bourbon issues. The author meticulously documents numerous minting variants and technical peculiarities, often drawn from unpublished or difficult-to-find specimens, offering a valuable tool for collectors and scholars of the coinage of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The rarity of this edition, originally intended for a very limited audience of specialists, today enhances its bibliographical and collector interest.

In perfect condition. Extremely rare.

Giuseppe De Sopo, The coins of Naples. The evolution of the monetary technique and the variants of the Neapolitan mint from 1516 to 1859, Luigi Regina Editore, Naples 1971, pp. 213, ill. bn, 22 cm, br. and.

Fundamental work for the study of Neapolitan coins.

Perfect condition. Very rare.

Domenico Promis, Coins of the Royal Savoy Edited and Illustrated, 2 volumes, Tipografia Chirio e Mina, Turin 1841, pp. 855, 87 total plates, 31 cm, sumptuous contemporary half-Moroccan binding with 5 raised bands, gold titles and fillets on the spine, finely blind-decorated compartments, endpapers in splendid peacock-tail marbled paper matching the tones of the binding.

Volume I, pp. XII, 532.

Volume II, pp. 325, 87 plates.

Published during the reformist era of Charles Albert, the work was conceived in 1832 when the sovereign acquired the numismatic collection of Domenico Promis (1804-1874) and entrusted him with the nascent Royal Medal Collection. This mandate sparked the creation of a "state" history of Savoy coin issues, based on archival documents and direct comparisons with the collections. Firmly embedded in Turin's cultural institutions—from the Royal Library to the Academy of Sciences—Promis organized his work in a systematic structure, arranged chronologically and thematically, which brought together regulatory sources, mint documents, and economic data. Recent research on the Charles Albert collections has clarified how this impressive publication fits into the sovereign's broader plan to make cultural institutions instruments of representation and dynastic legitimacy, offering Savoy coinage an exceptionally valuable historical and documentary framework.

A superbly preserved copy, with exceptionally fresh paper and wide margins.

Extremely rare.

The Neapolitan coinage from Charles to Francis II of Bourbon (1734-1860), edited by Francesco Acton, Michele Pannuti, Gaetano Filangieri Museum, Naples 1975, pp. VII, 180, richly illustrated in black and white, 25 cm, br. and.

Catalog of the exhibition held at the Gaetano Filangieri Civic Museum in Naples from 23 April to 4 May 1975.

In excellent condition .

Luigi Simonetti, Medieval and Modern Italian Coins, House of Savoy, 3 volumes, Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna 1967-1969, 1308 pp. in total, richly illustrated, 25 cm, beautiful green full leather binding with gold titles and decorations on the spine and covers.

Volume I, From Oddone Conte (1056) to Carlo Emanuele I Duca (1630), 1967, pp. 485.

Volume II, From Vittorio Amedeo I (1630) to Vittorio Emanuele I (1821), 1968, pp. 386.

Volume III, From Victor Emmanuel II (1861) to Victor Emmanuel III (1946). Coinage Abroad. Monetary Weights, 1969, pp. 437.

A remarkable publishing undertaking by Luigi Simonetti, which still today constitutes an essential tool for the study and cataloguing of Savoy coinage from the 11th to the 20th century.

Slight signs of age on the first and last pages of Vol. I, otherwise in excellent condition.

Pietro Larizza, The last two centuries of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in history and numismatics (1665-1861), Tipografia del Senato, Rome 1911, pp. 126, richly illustrated, 44 splendid plates of which 19 with portraits and 25 with coins and medals, 30 cm, beautiful contemporary full cloth binding with gold titles and fillets on the spine, sprayed edges, the editorial paperback has been preserved.

The work provides a comprehensive vision of the last two centuries of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Of particular interest is the iconographic structure, conceived as a true narrative: the coin series and portraits follow one another in a coherent manner that is functional to the historical argument. A prominent figure in Reggio Calabria culture, Pietro Larizza (1866-1954) maintained close ties with Paolo Orsi's circle and with the Medal Collection of the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, to which he also contributed with donations. At the same time, he cultivated a passion for collecting of the highest order: his coin collection, celebrated for its breadth and quality, was dispersed at the Santamaria auctions in Rome in 1927 and 1928, whose catalogues remain essential sources for the history of Italian numismatics.

Minimal binding marks from the same period as the editorial paperback.

Copy in excellent condition, with extraordinarily fresh paper.

Highly sought-after original edition, very rare to appear on the market.