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<p>[QUOTE="Chris B, post: 5174351, member: 87179"]They are not on ancient numismatics but I did pick up 2 items.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 Collecting in the Renaissance - Interesting topic and a beautifully bound book.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211473[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Cunnally, John. IRRITAMENTA: NUMISMATIC TREASURES OF A RENAISSANCE COLLECTOR. American Numismatic Society: New York, 2016. Two volumes. 4to, original brown imitation leather, decorated and lettered in gilt; original cream boards lettered in bronze. (12), 400, (4) pages; 330 color plates. Housed in original matching slipcase, as issued. Fine. NLG Best Specialized Book (World Coins) of the year 2017. A facsimile edition, fully annotated, of a remarkable 16th-century volume in the Houghton Library's Printing and Graphic Arts section at Harvard University containing over 1200 fine ink drawings of a collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins. The collection was that of Andrea Loredan of Venice, whose collection was formed mostly in the 1550s and 1560s. An extraordinary work. Numismatic Studies, No. 31.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 Coinage of Anhalt - I didn't have any material focusing on this area and it sold for the opening bid. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211472[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Elze, Theodor. DIE MÜNZEN BERNHARDS GRAFEN VON ANHALT, HERZOGS VON SACHSEN. ERSTES UND ZWEITES HEFT: 1170-1212. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1870-1881. Two parts in one volume. Small 4to, somewhat later maroon cloth and decorative sides, gilt. 31, (3) + 50, (2) pages; engraved frontispiece to second volume; 8 + 4 engraved plates of coins. Tear to front cover side; pages browned. Still near fine. Rare. Clain-Stefanelli 6598. Ex Roger Tobin Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 136, lot 103).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chris B, post: 5174351, member: 87179"]They are not on ancient numismatics but I did pick up 2 items. #1 Collecting in the Renaissance - Interesting topic and a beautifully bound book. [ATTACH=full]1211473[/ATTACH] Cunnally, John. IRRITAMENTA: NUMISMATIC TREASURES OF A RENAISSANCE COLLECTOR. American Numismatic Society: New York, 2016. Two volumes. 4to, original brown imitation leather, decorated and lettered in gilt; original cream boards lettered in bronze. (12), 400, (4) pages; 330 color plates. Housed in original matching slipcase, as issued. Fine. NLG Best Specialized Book (World Coins) of the year 2017. A facsimile edition, fully annotated, of a remarkable 16th-century volume in the Houghton Library's Printing and Graphic Arts section at Harvard University containing over 1200 fine ink drawings of a collection of ancient Greek and Roman coins. The collection was that of Andrea Loredan of Venice, whose collection was formed mostly in the 1550s and 1560s. An extraordinary work. Numismatic Studies, No. 31. #2 Coinage of Anhalt - I didn't have any material focusing on this area and it sold for the opening bid. [ATTACH=full]1211471[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211472[/ATTACH] Elze, Theodor. DIE MÜNZEN BERNHARDS GRAFEN VON ANHALT, HERZOGS VON SACHSEN. ERSTES UND ZWEITES HEFT: 1170-1212. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1870-1881. Two parts in one volume. Small 4to, somewhat later maroon cloth and decorative sides, gilt. 31, (3) + 50, (2) pages; engraved frontispiece to second volume; 8 + 4 engraved plates of coins. Tear to front cover side; pages browned. Still near fine. Rare. Clain-Stefanelli 6598. Ex Roger Tobin Library (Kolbe & Fanning Sale 136, lot 103).[/QUOTE]
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