Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 161 18 Sep 2021
View prices realized
► Sale information
Find similar lots
Original Set of Vidal Quadras y Ramón
Vidal Quadras y Ramón, Manuel. CATÁLOGO DE LA COLECCIÓN DE MONEDAS Y MEDALLAS DE MANUEL VIDAL QUADRAS Y RAMÓN DE BARCELONA. TOMO PRIMERO–TOMO QUARTO. Barcelona: A. López Robert, Impresor, Asalto, 63, 1892. Four volumes. Large 4to [32.5 by 25.5 cm], later russet cloth-backed boards, gilt. xxiv, 426 + (8), 444 + (4), iii, (1), 338 + (2), 242 pages; folding table; 87 plates consisting of fine photographic reproductions of rubbings of coins and medals. Bindings worn, with two of them split and in need of repair. Complete and restorable, but only good. A tall, original set of this massive work, considered to be scarce virtually from the time of publication. Don Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón (1818–94) was a well-known and highly respected banker in Barcelona and his collection of Spanish coins and medals is one of the most comprehensive and finest ever formed. Sold privately, this indispensable work is the only published record of his magnificent holdings. Clain-Stefanelli 11410*. Grierson 169. Mateu y Llopis 20.
Vidal Quadras y Ramón, Manuel. CATÁLOGO DE LA COLECCIÓN DE MONEDAS Y MEDALLAS DE MANUEL VIDAL QUADRAS Y RAMÓN DE BARCELONA. TOMO PRIMERO–TOMO QUARTO. Barcelona: A. López Robert, Impresor, Asalto, 63, 1892. Four volumes. Large 4to [32.5 by 25.5 cm], later russet cloth-backed boards, gilt. xxiv, 426 + (8), 444 + (4), iii, (1), 338 + (2), 242 pages; folding table; 87 plates consisting of fine photographic reproductions of rubbings of coins and medals. Bindings worn, with two of them split and in need of repair. Complete and restorable, but only good. A tall, original set of this massive work, considered to be scarce virtually from the time of publication. Don Manuel Vidal Quadras y Ramón (1818–94) was a well-known and highly respected banker in Barcelona and his collection of Spanish coins and medals is one of the most comprehensive and finest ever formed. Sold privately, this indispensable work is the only published record of his magnificent holdings. Clain-Stefanelli 11410*. Grierson 169. Mateu y Llopis 20.