Inscribed Copies

P. Lambros, Illustration of two unpublished coins struck by the counts of Salona (translation from the Greek), Typography of Laconia, Athens 1866, pp. 9, beautiful illustrations reproducing the coins examined, 20 cm, br. and. suit protected by contemporary cardboard.

Publication embellished by the author's autograph dedication to the numismatist and archaeologist Pellegrino Tonini (1824-1884).

In exceptional state of conservation.

Extremely rare, missing in all specialized libraries repertoriate.

Elio Biaggi, Gualtiero Giustetto, Elio Spinoni, General treatise on medieval numismatics. With historical-numismatic information of all the mints of the lands of Greek-Latin civilization from 395 d. C. to 1500, vol. I, Coins in the history of the Western Roman Empire, L'Artistica, Savigliano 1978, pp. 128, richly illustrated, 30 cm, binding on the entire editorial canvas with titles and decorations in gold on the spine and on the front plate.

The first volume of this work was the only one published.

Text embellished by Elio Spinoni's autograph dedication to the first guard card.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Alessandro Carettoni, Roman civilization: finances, Carlo Colombo Publishing House, Rome 1940, pp. 71, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

Series: Roman exhibition, 14.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by the author on the title page, dated April 1940.

In excellent condition. Rare.

Memmo Cagiati, The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Naples 1911–1937, together with the related Supplement, Naples 1911–1915, and complementary studies, in 5 vols.

The lot is composed as follows:

The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Fascicle I, The Mint of Naples, Angevins and Durazzeschi (1266–1442), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1911, pp. 74, richly illustrated, cm 28, sumptuous contemporary binding in black half morocco with pronounced grain, spine with five raised bands, gilt titles within compartments framed by wavy gilt fillets, marbled paper boards with broad mottled fields in shades of blue and red crossed by thin yellow-gilt veins, sprinkled edges. On the title page an autograph dedication by the author to the firm Spink & Son Ltd of London. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 93.

Bound with: Fascicle II, The Mint of Naples, Aragonese (1442–1503), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1911, pp. 158, richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 44.

Bound with: Fascicle III, The Mint of Naples, Spanish Domination (1503–1598), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1911, pp. 173, richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 63.

Bound with: Fascicle IV, The Mint of Naples, Spanish Domination (1598–1734), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1911, pp. 174–358 richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 60 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Bound with: Fascicle V, The Mint of Naples, Bourbons (1734–1859), Kingdom of Italy (1861–1867), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1912, pp. 181, richly illustrated. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 55 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Additionally: The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Fascicle VI, The Minor Mints of the Kingdom of Naples, Mints of Alvito, Amatrice, Aquila, Atri and Ville, Avella, Barletta, Belmonte, Brindisi, Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1913, pp. 103, richly illustrated, cm 28, sumptuous contemporary binding in black half morocco with pronounced grain, spine with five raised bands, gilt titles within compartments framed by wavy gilt fillets, marbled paper boards with broad mottled fields in shades of blue and red crossed by thin yellow-gilt veins, sprinkled edges. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 138 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Bound with: Fascicle VII, The Minor Mints of the Kingdom of Naples, Mints of Campobasso, Capua, Catanzaro, Chieti, Civitaducale, Cosenza, Fondi, Gaeta, Guardiagrele, Isernia, Lanciano, Lecce, Luco, Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1915, pp. 104–199, richly illustrated. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 138 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Bound with: Fascicle VIII, The Minor Mints of the Kingdom of Naples, Mints of Manoppello, Ortona, Pizzo, Reggio, S. Giorgio, Sansevero, Sora, Sulmona, Tagliacozzo, Teramo, Tocco, Torre del Greco, Vasto + Appendix (Orbetello, Rome), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1916, pp. 200–318, richly illustrated. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 138 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Additionally: The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Fascicle IX, The Sicilian Mints, Mint of Messina (1266–1516), Tipografia Melfi & Joele, Naples 1916, pp. 156, richly illustrated, cm 29, solid binding in full black cloth with gilt titles and fillets on the spine. Edition of 300 copies signed and hand-numbered by Cagiati on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 62 bearing the author’s delivery stamp.

Bound with: Fascicle X, The Sicilian Mints, Mint of Messina (1516–1598), Tipografia Joele & Aliberti, Naples 1937, richly illustrated. Posthumous edition of 250 copies numbered and signed by Eugenia Majorana, Cagiati’s stepdaughter, on the verso of the title page: the present copy no. 175.

Additionally: The Supplement to the work The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Naples, year I, 5 fascicles, August–December 1911, richly illustrated, cm 29, solid binding in full black cloth with gilt titles and fillets on the spine.

Bound with: Year II, 8 fascicles, January–December 1912, richly illustrated.

Bound with: Some authoritative opinions and reviews on the work The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Naples 1912, pp. 16, elegant pink paper.

Additionally: Supplement to the work The Coins of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Charles I of Anjou to Vittorio Emanuele II, Naples, year III, 5 fascicles, January–December 1913, richly illustrated, cm 26, sumptuous contemporary binding in black half morocco with pronounced grain, spine with five raised bands, gilt titles within compartments framed by wavy gilt fillets, marbled paper boards with broad mottled fields in shades of blue and red crossed by thin yellow-gilt veins, sprinkled edges.

Bound with: Year IV, 3 fascicles, January–December 1914, richly illustrated.

Bound with: Year V, 2 fascicles, January–December 1915, richly illustrated.

Bound with: Coins attributed to certain cities of Calabria from the 15th to the 18th century, Tipografia di Enrico M. Muca, Naples 1913, pp. 29, richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”.

Bound with: The Coins of the Great Count Roger pertaining to the mint of Mileto, Tipografia di Enrico M. Muca, Naples 1913, pp. 15, richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”.

Bound with: A correction to the classification of coins struck at the mint of Messina by Frederick II and Frederick III of Aragon, Tipografia di Enrico M. Muca, Naples 1913, pp. 11, richly illustrated. On the title page stamp “Author’s complimentary copy”.

Important and complete set comprising the ten fascicles of Cagiati’s work, accompanied by the Supplement and complementary writings by the author. The presence of the tenth fascicle, which remained unpublished until 1937 and appeared posthumously, notoriously lacking in many sets, further increases its interest. Of exceptional numismatic and bibliographical significance, it is enhanced by copies signed and hand-numbered, as well as by dedications and complimentary stamps by the author. A monumental work and a pinnacle of twentieth-century Italian numismatic literature, in which the scholar’s rigour is joined with the sensitivity of the collector. With its systematic structure and extraordinary iconographic richness, Cagiati shaped the most accomplished synthesis on the coinages of Southern Italy, marking the transition from nineteenth-century antiquarian tradition to a modern awareness of the discipline. Even today the work remains an indispensable tool and one of the greatest bibliographical monuments of Italian numismatics.

The 1911 issue of the Supplement is bound after that of 1912, most likely for practical reasons, the latter being of larger format.

Overall in excellent condition.

A set of remarkable rarity.

Alberto Campana, The Coinage of the Italic Insurgents During the Social War (91-87 BC), Apparuti Edizioni, Soliera 1987, pp. XV, 153, richly illustrated, 12 plates, 32 cm, br. ed.

Edition of 600 copies.

Reference study for the systematic analysis of Italian issues of the period considered.

The text features a handwritten dedication from the author. An accompanying booklet contains photo reproductions of reviews published upon the work's release.

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

Lavy Numismatic Museum belonging to the Royal Academy of Sciences of Turin, 2 volumes, Royal Printing House, Turin 1839-40, 931 pp. in total on heavy watermarked paper, 10 beautiful plates in total, 32 cm, contemporary hardback binding with titles on a tag on the spine.

Volume I, Description of Greek Medals, 1839, pp. X, 447, 8 plates.

Volume II, Description of Roman Medals, 1840, pp. VI, 484, 2 plates.

A work of fundamental importance for Turin's numismatics and for the history of Italian scientific collections. The Catalogue of the Lavy Numismatic Museum represents one of the first systematic inventories of such a vast collection—over 10,500 coins, including 4,879 Greek and 5,747 Roman—conceived with modern criteria and descriptive rigor. It was published at a time when the Academy of Sciences and the Savoy cultural milieu made the cataloging and valorization of ancient holdings a hallmark of collecting and academic prestige. The work exerted a notable influence on subsequent catalogues, becoming a standard reference for scholars. Part of the Lavy collection was acquired in 1866 by the Royal Cabinet of Turin, marking a decisive stage in the formation of the Piedmontese public coin collection.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by Filippo Lavy on the first flyleaf of volume II.

Ordinary signs of age, otherwise an excellent, largely untouched copy with fresh, margined paper.

Very rare.

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.

WK de Bruijn, Ex libris numismaticis, Het Koninklijk Penningkabinet, Leiden 1986, pp. 20, richly illustrated, 24 cm.

Publication produced on the occasion of the exhibition of numismatic ex libris at the Royal Mint Museum in Utrecht, held from 1 August to 30 September 1986, for the XXI International Ex Libris Congress.

Booklet embellished with an autograph dedication by the author on p. 2.

Light traces of use on the cover. Extremely rare, one of the very few publications dedicated to numismatic ex libris.

Riccardo Paolucci, The County Mint of Gorizia, La Numismatica, Brescia 1994, pp. 31, richly illustrated, 21 cm, softcover ed.

Autograph dedication by the author on the frontispiece.

In perfect condition.

Oscar Ulrich-Bansa, Vota publica, Numismatic synthesis, sn, sl 1954, pp. 45, 3 plates, 24 cm.

Extract.

Autograph dedication by the author on the first flyleaf.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Musica in nummis, edited by Karl Andorfer, Richard Epstein, Gilhofer & Ranschburg, Wien 1907, pp. 197, ill., 9 splendid plates, 29 cm, coeval half-leather binding with gold titles on the spine, plates and endcaps in fine marbled paper.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by the authors dated 5 May 1907.

In addition: Mittheilungen des Clubs der Munz und Medaillenfreunde in Wien - Musiker Medaillen, interesting collection, created for study purposes, of excerpts from the early twentieth century concerning medals mainly with a musical theme, pp. 72 interspersed with blank sheets for notes, 28 cm, splendid coeval binding in half parchment with plates and endpapers in fine peacock tail paper, gold titles and fillets on morocco inserts on the spine.

On the first volume there are traces of use on the plates, some annotations in red ballpoint pen, however the copy is in very good condition. Second volume in excellent condition.

Extremely rare set.

A. Patrignani, The medals of Leo XII (1823-1829), G. Leone Publishing House, Catania 1933, pp. XII, 98, 24 cm, beautiful and solid half-cloth binding with gold titles and fillets on the spine.

Edition of 200 copies numbered and signed by the author, this is no. 96.

Work embellished with a dedication by the author on the title page.

In excellent condition. Very rare original edition.

Palmiero Palmieri, Opera omnia, S. Bernardino Graphic Arts Establishment, Siena 1917, pp. 142 with beautiful small headings, richly illustrated, 4 large folded geographical maps, 25 cm, br. and. with titles in red and black.

Collection of studies by the Tuscan numismatist Palmiero Palmieri (1873-1925): Unpublished coins of the House of Savoy (illustrated); The populace of the Florentine Republic (illustrated); Lucca. Denarius of Conrad I Emperor 1016-1030 (illustrated); The last coin minted in Casale Monferrato (illustrated); An Imitation Sienese Coin (illustrated); Contribution to the Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (illustrated). To the numismatic writings are added contributions from other disciplines: Notes on agricultural geology; Alfalfa (gleaning from old pages); Excursion in the country of the Cunama (Colonia Eritrea). Palmiero Palmieri donated his rich coin collection and his library to the Archaeological Museum of Siena.

Text embellished with a long dedication by the author, dated March 1920, on the first flyleaf.

In excellent condition.

Extremely rare due to the limited edition.

Vincenzo Capobianchi, The origins of the gallic weight, R. Roman Society of Homeland History, Rome 1904, pp. 50, ill., 25 cm, br. and.

Publication embellished with an autographed dedication by the author on the front cover.

In excellent condition and partially intact. Very rare.

Numismatics Bulletin, Ministry for Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Rome, n. 40-43, 2003-2004, pp. 330, richly illustrated, 29 cm, cart. and.

From the Summary: The treasure of the Agora of Iasos. A silver archive from the time of Plotinus; Fede Berti, Iasos, introductory notes of a historical and topographical nature; Serafina Pennestrì, The closet of the agora of Iasos, from discovery to edition (1969-2004); Fede Berti, Iasos 1969: the discovery of the "treasure"; Luigi Tondo, The treasure of the Agora of Iasos: a silver archive from the time of Plotinus, etc.

Volume embellished with a business card pinned to the first guard card, with an autographed dedication by a well-known scholar.

In excellent condition.

Alessandro Magnaguti, Among the claws of black beasts, Tip. of the Seminary, Padua 1946, pp. 152, 22 cm, br. and.

Autobiography of the famous Mantuan numismatist Count Alessandro Magnaguti (1887-1966).

Work embellished with a long autograph dedication by the author, dated 8 August 1946, to Donna Paola Zancani Montuoro (1901-1987), illustrious archaeologist and pupil of the numismatist Giulio Emanuele Rizzo.

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

Extremely rare.

Franco Gavello, Claudio Bugani, Lireuro. Bank of Italy tickets. Volume of paper money, Tipoarte, Bologna 1998, pp. 189, richly illustrated, 22 cm, leatherette ed. with gold titles on the spine and on the front plate.

Volume embellished with a long dedication by the authors to the first guard card.

In excellent condition.

Augusto Balsamo, Catalog of Piacenza coins, Typography A. Del Maino, Piacenza 1928, pp. 38, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

A pupil of Carducci and of the Grecista Vittorio Puntoni, Augusto Balsamo (1875-1949) was director of the Municipal Library of Piacenza. In addition to editions with translation and commentary on Greek and Latin classics, he published the Catalog of Piacenza coins, proposed here, which due to its rarity is now missing in all the specialized libraries listed. In addition to collaborating with important literary magazines, Balsamo wrote about local history in the Historical Archives for the Parma Provinces, published by the Deputation of Homeland History of which he was a member since 1927, in the Piacentino Historical Bulletin and in the Piacentina Strenna. From 1901 to 1903 he was among the members of the Italian Bibliographic Society. After his death the family donated his book collection to the Piacenza Library. A room was then dedicated to his name.

Publication embellished by the author's autograph dedication.

In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

Josep Pellicer Bru, Intent d'aproximació a la metrología de les taifes, sn, Barcelona 1992, pp. 65-86, 24 cm.

Contribution presented to the VI Encuentro de Estudios Numismáticos entitled La producción y circulación de moneda en Sharq al-Andalus during las primeras taifas (404-478 / 1013-1085).

Issue embellished with autograph dedication by the author on the back cover.

In excellent condition. Very rare.

Luigi Cibrario, Domenico Casimiro Promis, Documents, seals and coins belonging to the history of the Savoy monarchy collected in Savoy in Switzerland and in France by order of King Carlo Alberto, from the Royal Printing House, Turin 1833, 121, 389, in the front door 1 pl. beautifully engraved in copper and covered with tissue paper, cm 23, br. and. protected by br. coeval wetsuit.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by Promis to the editorial paperback.

This monograph was published by the will of the director after the literary journey carried out in 1832 by the two scholars in Savoy, Switzerland and France, in search of ancient monuments, in the fields of sphragistics and Savoy numismatics between the 10th and 14th centuries, with patient historical investigations. and archival. Domenico Promis at the time held the role of Conservator of the Savoyard medal collection, while the Cibrario was definitively establishing himself as a historian and medievalist. The publication, which appeared in a non-venal edition for the types of the Royal Printing House, bears witness to the attention and interest in the historical studies of Carlo Alberto.

Lossless tear on the editorial paperback, for the rest volume in excellent condition and in beards.

Very rare.

L. Forrer, Biographical dictionary of medalists. Coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, & C. Ancient and modern, with references to their works BC 500-AD 1900, volume I revised, letters AD, Spink & Son Ltd, London 1904, pp. XLVIII, 691 with splendid front door portrait of Benvenuto Cellini, richly illustrated with beautiful images interspersed in the text, 25 cm, wonderful editorial binding in a blue Moroccan half, plates in light blue canvas, gazes in marbled paper, upper cut in gold, five nerves and gold titles on the spine.

A fundamental classic for the study of coin and medal engravers and their art, from ancient to modern times.

Work embellished with an autograph dedication by Forrer to the first guard card.

Inside there is a sheet with the biography and signature of Costantino Affer, engraver, medalist and sculptor.

In excellent condition.

Very rare original edition.

Solone Ambrosoli, On numismatics as an autonomous science. Prolusion to the numismatics course read on 25 January 1893, Tipografia LF Cogliati, Milan 1893, pp. 20, cm 27, editorial paperback protected by lily paper.

Extract from: Italian numismatic magazine, a. VI, fasc. I, 1893.

Beautiful autograph dedication by the author to the distinguished philosopher Professor Tito Vignoli (1829-1914), professor of anthropology at the Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters, director since 1893 of the Civic Museum of Natural History in Milan and author of important volumes.

Some shortcomings in the editorial paperback, in particular on the front cover, otherwise in good condition.

Very rare.

Philip Grierson, The chronology of the consular coinage of Heraclius, P. & P. Santamaria Editori, Rome 1963, pp. 4, 28 cm.

Extract from: Numismatics, a. IV, n. 2.

Publication embellished with an autograph dedication and some corrections to the text by numismatist Philip Grierson.

Very good condition. Extremely rare.

Philip Grierson, The date of the Dumbarton Oaks Epiphany medallion, The Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection, Washington 1961, pp. 221-224, 30 cm, br. and.

Offprints from Dumbarton Oaks papers, n. 15.

Publication embellished with an autograph dedication by numismatist Philip Grierson.

Very good condition. Extremely rare.