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Fifty British Sale Catalogues, 1909–1914, Priced & Named
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. FIVE BOUND VOLUMES OF SALE CATALOGUES, 1909–1914. [Online description truncated: for the full description listing all sales present, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] Fifty catalogues, bound in five volumes. Crown 4to, slightly later generally matching red half morocco with marbled sides [final volume with cloth sides]; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed paper or card covers bound in. Bindings with minor signs of wear, but still attractive; occasional minor spotting. Generally near fine. Fine handsome volumes from the Leonard Forrer Library, bringing together fifty auction catalogues issued between 1909 and 1914, nearly all of them priced and named, and with twenty-nine including photographically printed plates. Near all are Sotheby's sales, though the first volume includes three catalogues from other houses. While there are too many catalogues included to provide a list of bibliographical citation, we note the presence of two copies of the very important 1909 catalogue of the Frank Sherman Benson collection of ancient Greek coins, both of them plated, priced and named. Clain-Stefanelli 1943. Daehn 2106: "one of the most important collections of Greek coins in private hands in the United States." Grierson 280. Spring 797 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins"]. The 1909 Rollin & Feuardent catalogue of the "J.E." sale offered Roman gold coins from the collection of Sir John Evans, with nearly every lot depicted on the plates. Clain-Stefanelli 3664. Grierson 282. Spring 581 [also listed under "Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins" and "Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins"]. The important Rashleigh collection features early British, Anglo-Saxon, English, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Gallic, and Colonial coins, among them rare American colonial coins, including a "Newby farthing in gold," which brought the princely sum of £83. The first part of the Carlyon-Britton sale, one of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins ever sold at auction, is present, as are the catalogues for Cumberland Clark's Greek coins and his coins of Charles I. Catalogues featuring ancient coins include Spring 797–804 and 807–811. The 31 July 1914 sale was the last Sotheby's coin catalogue issued for nearly a year, due to the outbreak of World War I. A rare opportunity to acquire a large number of these important named catalogues. Ex Leonard Forrer Library (Glendining & Co., April 30, 1954, part of lot 191).
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. FIVE BOUND VOLUMES OF SALE CATALOGUES, 1909–1914. [Online description truncated: for the full description listing all sales present, see the printed or PDF cataloge.] Fifty catalogues, bound in five volumes. Crown 4to, slightly later generally matching red half morocco with marbled sides [final volume with cloth sides]; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; original printed paper or card covers bound in. Bindings with minor signs of wear, but still attractive; occasional minor spotting. Generally near fine. Fine handsome volumes from the Leonard Forrer Library, bringing together fifty auction catalogues issued between 1909 and 1914, nearly all of them priced and named, and with twenty-nine including photographically printed plates. Near all are Sotheby's sales, though the first volume includes three catalogues from other houses. While there are too many catalogues included to provide a list of bibliographical citation, we note the presence of two copies of the very important 1909 catalogue of the Frank Sherman Benson collection of ancient Greek coins, both of them plated, priced and named. Clain-Stefanelli 1943. Daehn 2106: "one of the most important collections of Greek coins in private hands in the United States." Grierson 280. Spring 797 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins"]. The 1909 Rollin & Feuardent catalogue of the "J.E." sale offered Roman gold coins from the collection of Sir John Evans, with nearly every lot depicted on the plates. Clain-Stefanelli 3664. Grierson 282. Spring 581 [also listed under "Most important sales of struck Roman Republican coins" and "Most important sales of Roman Imperial coins"]. The important Rashleigh collection features early British, Anglo-Saxon, English, Scottish, Irish, Anglo-Gallic, and Colonial coins, among them rare American colonial coins, including a "Newby farthing in gold," which brought the princely sum of £83. The first part of the Carlyon-Britton sale, one of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins ever sold at auction, is present, as are the catalogues for Cumberland Clark's Greek coins and his coins of Charles I. Catalogues featuring ancient coins include Spring 797–804 and 807–811. The 31 July 1914 sale was the last Sotheby's coin catalogue issued for nearly a year, due to the outbreak of World War I. A rare opportunity to acquire a large number of these important named catalogues. Ex Leonard Forrer Library (Glendining & Co., April 30, 1954, part of lot 191).