ITALY. Italian Coinage: Medieval to Modern, The Collection of Ercole Gnecchi. L. and L. Hamburger (auctioneers). Facsimile reprint of the Frankfurt am Main sales of 1901 to 1902. Oakdale, New York, Alfred Szego, 1973. 4to (approx. 28 ? 21 cm), textured blue printed card covers, perfect bound. A faithful facsimile of the three Hamburger auction catalogues for the famous Gnecchi cabinet, reproducing the original French and German text with the original lot numbering and layout preserved for easy citation and cross-reference. Complete with 32 collotype plates (I to XXXII) illustrating a wide range of Italian mints from medieval through modern issues, with strong tonal detail that still works well for type and style comparison. Includes the tri-lingual condition key and the publisher?s ?Error Correction? slip noting the repeated Plate XXXI, with the correct Plate XXXII supplied separately and present in this copy. Bright, clean copy with light shelf rubbing to the covers, the interior tight and unmarked, and all plates sharp, with the correction slip and replacement plate included.

Estimate: AUD 100