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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. Bassolišs 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 Babelonšs "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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