Kolbe & Fanning

Auction 170  –  15 June 2024

Kolbe & Fanning, Auction 170

Numismatic Literature

Sa, 15.06.2024, from 6:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

Bahrfeldt, Max. NACHTRÄGE UND BERICHTIGUNGEN ZUR MÜNZKUNDE DER RÖMISCHEN REPUBLIK IM ANSCHLUSS AN BABELON’S VERZEICHNISS DER CONSULAR-MÜNZEN. Three volumes, complete, as follows: Band I (Wien, 1897). 8vo, later blue cloth and decorative boards. ix, (1), 316 pages; text illustrations; 13 fine plates of coins. Signed by the author and numbered 173. Fine. Band II (Wien, 1900). 8vo, later matching blue cloth and decorative boards. ix, (1), 112 pages; 6 fine plates of coins. Signed by the author and numbered 116. Fine. Band III (Hildesheim, 1919). 4to, later matching blue cloth and decorative boards. (2), (73)–180 pages; text illustrations; 7 fine plates of coins. Signed by the author and numbered 23. Near fine. A complete set of the original stand-alone publications, all of them signed by the author. An original set of this landmark work, rarely offered complete. These are the stand-alone offprint publications, issued in very limited editions, signed and numbered by the author. The text was also published in the Numismatische Zeitschrift (Wien), for 1896, 1897, 1900 and 1918. The set of signed offprints sold as part of our sale of the RBW Library in 2016 brought $4250 hammer; the set in the Salton Library brought $4500. Clain-Stefanelli 3715*: “An essential addition to Babelon’s work.”

Question about this lot?

Bidding

Price realized --
Starting price 1'700 USD
Estimate 2'500 USD
The auction is closed.
Feedback / Support