The Walcher de Molthein Greek Coins

[Walcher de Molthein]. Renner, Victor de. CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DES MÉDAILLES GRECQUES DE M. LE CHEVALIER LÉOPOLD WALCHER DE MOLTHEIN. First edition. Paris: Rollin & Feuardent; Vienne: Adolphe Holzhausen, 1895. 4to, later blue quarter morocco; spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; vii, (1), 294, (2) pages; 3310 descriptions; 30 fine plates of coins and 1 plate of monograms. Binding lightly rubbed; untrimmed. Near fine. The handsomely produced catalogue of the Léopold Walcher de Molthein collection, the only source for fine illustrations of several hundred of the best coins later sold in the 1901 Cahn sale of the collection. The Cahn catalogue was written with the assumption that most bidders would have a copy of this work and, as a result, it is unplated and takes a rather minimalist approach to the cataloguing. John Spring, in his Ancient Coin Auction Catalogues, cites this catalogue along with the sale catalogue. Most copies encountered are much the worse for wear. Babelon 232. Clain-Stefanelli 1999. Spring 63 [also listed under “Most important sales of ancient Greek coins”].