General works

Mario Rolla, Annuaire Numismatique General, Tipografia Hesperia, Turin 1931, pp. 158, 22 cm, br. and.

A work of exceptional documentary interest, in which Mario Rolla lists and classifies, in rigorous alphabetical order and by location, the private collectors and public institutions holding numismatic collections at the time of publication. The index covers a broad geographical area—Italy, Germany, France, England, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia—and specifies the type of collection for each entry; a separate section is dedicated to coin and medal dealers. This is a fundamental text for the study of European numismatic collecting between the two world wars.

Elegant ex libris on the back cover, Mario Rolla's stamp on the title page.

Minimal traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in excellent condition.

Very rare.

Proceedings of The American Numismatic Society, Eighty-second Annual Meeting, January 13 1940, List of officers and members, The American Numismatic Society, New York 1940, pp. 73, 17 cm, br. and.

A publication of considerable documentary interest, it provides insight into the institutional life of one of the most respected international numismatic associations. Of particular note are the lists of board members and associates updated to 1940, a valuable source for reconstructing the scholarly and collecting networks of the time.

Minimal foxing to the paperback, but overall in perfect condition.

Edoardo Martinori, La moneta, Vocabolario generale, With 1600 photoengravings in the text, 140 plates and 3 indexes, at the Italian Institute of Numismatics, Rome 1915, pp. VIII, 596, richly illustrated, 144 plates, 32 cm, beautiful half-cloth binding with gold titles and fillets on the spine.

A wide-ranging work of declared scholarly ambition, conceived as a systematic dictionary of numismatic terminology, it represents one of the most significant contributions to early twentieth-century Italian numismatics. The author, Edoardo Martinori (1854-1935), a scholar of vast and solid erudition, was a leading figure in the Roman numismatic community and served as vice president of the Italian Institute of Numismatics. Published under the aegis of the Institute, the work is distinguished by its rich iconography and rigorously encyclopedic structure, which still make it an authoritative and essential reference tool for the historical and terminological study of the discipline.

Excellent overall condition.

Carlo Morbio, Historical-numismatic works and illustrated description of his collections in Milan, published by Gaetano Romagnoli, Bologna 1870, pp. XXIV, 570, illustrations, 2 finely engraved plates, 24 cm, beautiful contemporary cloth binding with gold titles and decorations on a red morocco label on the spine.

Volume published on June 20, 1870 in 304 copies, this is number 149.

This work collects the principal historical-numismatic writings of Carlo Morbio (1811-1881), a leading figure in Lombard culture, and offers detailed descriptions of his celebrated collections. Chapters include: Coins minted by Charlemagne in Italy; Orations and miraculous coins; Unknown siege coins; Notes on sphragistics and numismatics; and A historical monograph on Italian mints. Part of the volume is dedicated to Morbio's antiquarian collections, from Roman, Etruscan, and Egyptian antiquities to Christian and Byzantine artefacts, from numismatic collections to medieval and Renaissance masterpieces, including printed books, early prints and drawings, autographs and parchments, illuminated codices, and manuscripts. The volume concludes with a rich array of appendices and supplements.

In excellent condition and with beards. Very rare.

MZ, Dictionnaire de numismatique et de sigillographie religieuses, Tome unique, J.-P. Migne, Paris 1852, col. 1432, richly illustrated, 30 cm, fine and solid half morocco binding with gilt titles on the spine, raised bands, percale boards, marbled paper endpapers.

A wide-ranging and remarkably useful work, this impressive dictionary—both in size and content—collects and systematically organizes the main entries relating to religious numismatics and sigillography. It offers a comprehensive repertoire of terms, symbols, personalities, legends, events, religious orders, iconographic representations, and ceremonial uses attested on coins, medals, seals, and ecclesiastical emblems. The work draws on historical, liturgical, and antiquarian sources and is distinguished by its wealth of documentation and its attention to the historical and theological context of the issues and impressions.

Flowers, otherwise in excellent condition.

Extremely rare.

Homer Pinna, Corpus Nummorum Italicorum sec. V-sec. XX. Index generalis per themata digestus, Sardus Pater Editore, Cagliari 2006, pp. 423, 33 cm, card. and.

New.

Guido Cimino, Michele Baranowsky, Guido Bezzi, Appraisal of the Panel of Experts appointed by the Court of Rome, First Section, with ruling dated 14 May-12 June 1940-XVIII for the valuation of the Treasury of Via Alessandrina in Rome, Grafica SA per le Arti Grafiche, Perugia 1942, pp. XXXI, 202, 18, cm 30, br. ed. protected by a contemporary silent br.

At the top of the title page: Royal Court of Rome, First Section.

A very special bibliographical relic printed in draft form for G. Bezzi, as indicated on the title page, made even more singular by the editorial replacement of the final photographic plates with 18 blank sheets of paper, presumably intended for working notes.

This volume documents the official appraisal commissioned by the Royal Court of Rome, drafted in 1940 and published two years later, to estimate the value of a famous find: the treasure of Via Alessandrina. On February 22, 1933, during the demolition of a building at number 101 on that Roman street, a worker accidentally discovered a hiding place behind an iron plate, from which a veritable cascade of gold coins and jewels belonging to the antique dealer Francesco Martinetti spilled out. The news received widespread coverage, fueled by newspaper reports of the time, and only eight years later the collection became part of the Capitoline Coin Collection.

The extraordinarily rich and detailed text includes a list of key reference works, followed by a description of numismatic classification criteria and a list of the main European auction catalogues for ancient Greek, Roman, Italian, papal, and other mint coins. The heart of the work is the detailed catalogue of over 2,600 coins—with an estimated value exceeding 1,200,000 lire, confirming the exceptional nature of the collection—accompanied by information on weight, diameter, state of preservation, estimate, and precise bibliographical references. Each section begins with a summary title page listing the total number of coins and their respective overall estimate.

Index: Expert Report; Greek Coins; Roman and Byzantine Coins (Campania, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire); Papal Coins; Coins from Italian Mints (Savoy, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Venice, Emilia, Tuscany, Lazio, Southern Italy, Malta); Foreign Coins; Silver Coins; Counterfeit Coins; Coins with No Numismatic Value; Ancient Goldsmith's Objects (Rings, Medallions and Cameos, Gold Pendants).

Old stain on the upper internal margin of the first pages which does not affect the text, foxing on the paperback, interior in more than good condition.

Unique.

Aldini, Concordance and use of archeology, numismatics, diplomatic and heraldic studies. Inaugural speech for the opening of this new chair in the Imp. Regia University of Pavia, in the typography of Pietro Bizzoni, successor of Bolzani, Pavia 1820, pp. 48, 22 cm, br. and. with title inside decorated panel.

Autograph dedication to the front cover.

Non-disfiguring signs of aging on the paperback, inside in beards and in excellent condition with very fresh paper.

Work of extreme rarity, missing in all specialized libraries repertoriate.

Gian Rinaldo Carli, On the works of the commander Don Gian Rinaldo conte Carli, volume IV, In the Imperial Monistery of S. Ambrogio Maggiore, Milan 1784, pp. 368, 2 splendid plates. folded intaglio depicting coins, 23 cm, coeval binding in cart. and.

Volume IV is complete and independent in itself and includes the following dissertation by Carli, numismatist, historian and Koper economist: Coins minted and used in many mints in Italy have reached their intrinsic value up to the seventeenth century.

Artwork in superb condition, with very fresh paper and beards.

Extremely rare.

Philip Grierson, Tarì fullers and money. Medieval numismatics in southern Italy, edited by Giuseppe Libero Mangieri, Elea Press, Salerno 1991, pp. 140, richly illustrated bn and col., Cm 23, br. and.

Fundamental work for the study of the history of numismatic literature of southern Italy and Sicily, accompanied by splendid images of coins and color enlargements.

In perfect condition.

Eduard Holzmair, Catalogue of the collection of Dr. Josef Brettauer, Medicine in Nummis, published by the Josef Brettauer Foundation, Josef Brettauer, Vienna 1937, pp. XVI with splendid portrait of Dr. Josef Brettauer on the frontispiece, 384, 25 plates, 29 cm, elegant half-cloth binding with gold titles and fillets on the spine, upper edge finely stained in green.

An extraordinary collection of 5,557 items – medals, plaques, coins and the like – dedicated to medical themes in the broad sense: doctors and natural scientists, hospitals and welfare institutions, relief and hygiene, sexuality and reproduction, diseases and epidemics, death and funeral practices.

Work in excellent condition of preservation.

Ferdinando Galiani, Della moneta. Libri cinque, Archivi Edizioni, Rome 1976, pp. 370, cm 25, elegant editorial hardcover binding with titles and gold decorations on the spine and covers, slipcase ed.

Beautiful facsimile reprint of the 1750 edition, which faithfully reproduces, even in its imperfections, the original volume preserved at the University Library of Pavia.

Limited edition of numbered copies on old-fashioned paper. This is copy no. 1280.

Very slight traces of use on the spine, otherwise in perfect condition.

Contribution from the Museum of History and Technology, Papers 31-33 on numismatics, Smithsonian Institution, Washington 1970, pp. 288 overall, richly illustrated, 29 cm, binding in all red cloth with titles on the spine and impressed decorations on the front cover.

Special edition beautifully bound including a collection of three important contributions:

1) Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli, History of the national numismatic collections, pp. 108.

2) Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatics. An ancient science. A survey of its history, pp. 102.

3) Elivira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Italian coin engravers since 1800, pp. 68.

The second title is fundamental for the study of numismatic literature, while the third is characterised by its importance in the study of contemporary Italian coins and medals, with particular attention to the mints of Turin, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Florence, Parma, Rome (some projects for the Kingdom of Italy are also presented) and Naples (where rare Bourbon medals stand out).

In excellent condition.

H. Halke, Handworterbuch der Münzkunde und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, G. Reimer, Berlin 1909, pp. VI, 395, 24 cm, full cloth binding ed. with decorated paper covers, titles and decorations in gold on the spine and front cover, cuts sprinkled with blue.

Ex libris of Professor Raffaele Ciferri on the front pastedown.

In excellent condition.

Eduard Holzmair, Münzkunst in Osterreich, Wolfrum, Wien 1948, pp. 33, 48 plates, 21 cm, cart. and. with dust jacket.

Series: Wolfrumbucher, 10.

Small ownership signature on the title page.

Deficiencies on the dust jacket, minimal traces of use on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition.

August Loehr, Osterreichische Geldgeschichte, Universum, Wien 1946, pp. 89, richly illustrated b&w, 21 cm, half percalline binding ed. with gold titles and decorations on the spine and front cover.

Ex libris of Professor Raffaele Ciferri on the front pastedown.

In excellent condition.

Raffaele Ruggiano, GV Grossi di Zirgoni, Comparative studies on the ancient and modern organization of the Banco di Napoli, Raimondi typographical establishment, Naples 1885, pp. 249, 25 cm, beautiful and solid coeval binding in half percalline with marbled paper plates, gold titles on the spine and sprayed cuts.

Slight signs of wear on the back, otherwise in perfect condition. Rare.

M. et A. Méliot, Dictionnaire illustré des monnaies. Poids, title, value, monetary systems of all pays. Nouvelle édition entièrement refondue, considérablement augmentée et ornée de 37 planches des monnaies de tous les pays, Garnier Frères Libraires, Paris 1906, pp. LXXXVII, 200, richly illustrated, 37 splendid chromolithograph plates depicting coins, 22 cm, binding ed. in all red cloth with black and gold embossed titles and decorations on the spine and front cover.

Traces of use on the plates and spine, a halo of old stain that is not disfiguring, otherwise the work is perfectly usable.

Rare.

Giulio Bernardi, Numismatic bibliography, fifth edition, Riva Artigrafiche, Trieste 1997, pp. VII, 201, cm 24, br. and.

In perfect condition.

Pierre Bastien, Les numismates, Imprimerie Cultura, Wetteren 1991, pp. 177, 17 cm, br. and.

Passionate writing by Pierre Bastien (1912-2010), a French surgeon who practiced as a doctor until 1977. Since 1955 he dedicated himself to the study of Roman imperial numismatics, publishing numerous articles on the subject. From 1965 to 1967 he was President of the Société Française de Numismatique.

Missing dust jacket.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Adolfo Modesti, Numismata in libris, Stab. Le Rughe, Rome 1997, pp. 816, richly illustrated, 31 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine, front cover and dust jacket.

Monumental work of notable importance for the study of numismatic and medal literature.

In excellent condition.

Richard G. Doty, Monete, A. Mondadori, Milan 1976, pp. 157, richly illustrated, 18 cm, br. and.

In excellent condition.

Richard G. Doty, The history of money from antiquity to the present day, presentation by Gino Barbieri, introduction by Giovanni Gorini, Vallardi Industrie Grafiche, Lainate 1992, pp. 184, numerous black and white illustrations, 31 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with gold titles on the spine and dust jacket.

Beautiful bookplate inside the back plate.

In perfect condition.

Rina La Guardia, The sixteenth century of the archaeological and numismatic library of Milan, Municipality of Milan, Division of culture and entertainment, Milan 1978, pp. 42, 70 plates, 23 cm, br. and.

Publication of considerable importance for the study of numismatic literature of the sixteenth century with a valid iconographic apparatus.

Slight traces of use on the paperback, otherwise in very good condition.