Rarely Encountered Vienna Publication
Club der Münz– und Medaillenfreunde in Wien. MITTHEILUNGEN DES CLUBS DER MÜNZ– UND MEDAILLENFREUNDE IN WIEN. I.–VI. Jahrgang (Wien, 1890–1895). Issue Numbers 1–67, complete, bound in one volume. 4to, contemporary black cloth and decorative boards; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (4), 548 + (4), 144 pages; text illustrations; 19 + 2 fine plates. Binding somewhat weak; very good. A little-known but significant publication whose mix of the formal and informal gives one a good sense of the culture of coin collecting in late 19th-century Austria. Very scarce. Clain-Stefanelli 691. Ex American Numismatic Association Library, with their bookplate. Ex 1988 Joint Kolbe/Spink New York Book Auction, lot 572.