Calciati's Magnificent Pegasi
Calciati, Romolo. PEGASI. Mortara, 1990. Two volumes. Small square 4to, original matching black cloth, gilt; jackets; both volumes housed in a matching slipcase. 729, (3) pages; profusely illustrated throughout. Bilingual: English and Italian. Fine. A fine set of this very impressive work. Daehn 4253: "A corpus of the silver coinage of Corinth, her colonies in Greece, Italy, and Sicily, and the independent cities which issued coins of Corinthian type. The catalogue is arranged by city and then by coin type... Catalogues 13,650 coins and includes 2855 illustrations." Kroh 38 (five stars): "a brave attempt at a corpus of the silver coinage of Corinth and all of her 26 colonies. ... The coverage is certainly comprehensive." Ex TAB Library.