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The E-Sylum: Volume 4, Number 51, December 16, 2001, Article 3 BASSOLI ON ANTIQUARIAN NUMISMATIC BOOKS George Kolbe writes: "We've just published a last-minute stocking-stuffer for the numismatic bibliophile: "Antiquarian Books on Coins and Medals from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century" by Ferdinando Bassoli, Crestline & London, 2001 88 pages, 16 plates, clothbound, dust jacket Copies are now available for immediate shipment from George Frederick Kolbe. Details are available at the firm's web site: http://www.numislit.com Originally published in book form in 1985 by Leo S. Olschki of Florence in Italian, this edition, translated by Elizabeth Saville, has been carefully revised and updated by the author. It is a delightful collection of easily read scholarly essays, written from both a numismatic and bibliophilic perspective. These essays will be of considerable interest to anyone interested in the literature of numismatics, particularly its landmark works. A great many of the earliest numismatic books were printed in Italy, and Dr. Bassoli does not neglect significant works printed in other countries, ranging from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Starting off with a lengthy chapter on "Sixteenth century numismatics," the author also discusses, among other topics, classical numismatics in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth century, numismatic bibliography from its origins to 1850, classic works on Italian coins and medals, and the utility of coin auction catalogues. "Libraries of interest to the numismatist," and a general bibliography are followed by author and publisher indexes. Dr. Bassoli¹s work is the first in a projected series of publications devoted to the study of numismatic literature published jointly by George Frederick Kolbe and Spink & Son Ltd. The next title, Ernest Babelon¹s "Numismatics and Its History," originally published in French as part of his monumental Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, is in translation and is scheduled for publication in 2002."

Wayne Homren, Editor

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