The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 31, August 1, 2004, Article 2

SPINK LITERATURE OFFERINGS

  Hadrien Rambach writes: "As in every issue of the Numismatic
  Circular, the oldest fixed-price list in the numismatic world,
  founded in 1892, and now published every two months, the
  August issue of Spink's Circular will offer many rare and out-
  of-print numismatic books.  There are 100 items in this
  interesting issue, on many different subject areas:

  Italian coins (a complete, but for a reprint of the 20th volume,
  of the "Corpus Nummorum"), Banknote forgeries (two copies
  of the rare "Report of the Committeee?" of 1819), English
  coins (with a superb and almost complete set of the "British
  Numismatic Journal"), etc. Some of the bindings on the books
  in this list are exceptional: a full morocco binding on a copy
  of the "Monete Cufiche" (Milan 1819), a superb set in the
  original Spink morocco binding of the "Biographical Dictionary"
  by Forrer (1904-1930), the crimson quarter morocco set of
  Roman Imperial Coins from the Bastien library, a full calf
  "Numismata Orientalia" by Marsden, etc.

  However this issue of the Circular is mainly notable for its
  antiquarian rarities. It includes no less than three different
  and early editions of Bude's "De Asse", including an amazing
  1532 Parisian edition which according to Dekesel is not held
  in any public-library in Paris! This list of books also includes
  the first edition of Agricola's "De mensuris & Ponderibus".
  A highly unusual item is also listed for sale, being a series of
  coin-engravings by the famous artist Jacques Callot (1592-
  1635). A large selection of coins is, as usual, also included."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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