Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 161 18 Sep 2021
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Hirsch, Jacob. SAMMLUNG GRIECHISCHER MÜNZEN AUS DEM NACHLASSE EINES BEKANNTEN ARCHÄOLOGEN. München: No. XIII., 15. Mai 1905 und ff. Tage. 4to, somewhat later maroon textured cloth, gilt; original printed front card cover bound in. (8), 292, vi, (2) pages; 4627 lots; 58 superb plates of ancient Greek coins. Original 16-page printed prices realized list bound in; handwritten price list tipped in listing select lots. Occasional annotations, including notes on a few plates indicating false coins. Very good or better. The monumental sale catalogue of the Athanasios Rhousopoulos collection of ancient Greek coins. Title page stamped "Dedicationsexemplar." Very scarce. Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955) began his career by selling material from the estate of his uncle, Heinrich Hirsch, who had been in the coin business prior to his death in 1886. He quickly earned a reputation for his scholarly cataloguing and extraordinary memory, leading to his assuming at a rather young age a prominent place in the numismatic trade in early 20th-century Europe. The famous series of Ars Classica sales, which began to be issued in 1921 under the Naville et Cie. imprimatur, cemented Hirsch's reputation for fine cataloguing and rigorous scholarship. Clain-Stefanelli 1941. Daehn 2057. Grierson 280: "Une des plus grandes collections de monnaies grecques." Kroh 34. Spring 371 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins" and "Most important sales of Roman provincial coins"]. Likely from the E.J. Seltman Library, though not indicated as such (binding matches the following lots).
Hirsch, Jacob. SAMMLUNG GRIECHISCHER MÜNZEN AUS DEM NACHLASSE EINES BEKANNTEN ARCHÄOLOGEN. München: No. XIII., 15. Mai 1905 und ff. Tage. 4to, somewhat later maroon textured cloth, gilt; original printed front card cover bound in. (8), 292, vi, (2) pages; 4627 lots; 58 superb plates of ancient Greek coins. Original 16-page printed prices realized list bound in; handwritten price list tipped in listing select lots. Occasional annotations, including notes on a few plates indicating false coins. Very good or better. The monumental sale catalogue of the Athanasios Rhousopoulos collection of ancient Greek coins. Title page stamped "Dedicationsexemplar." Very scarce. Jacob Hirsch (1874–1955) began his career by selling material from the estate of his uncle, Heinrich Hirsch, who had been in the coin business prior to his death in 1886. He quickly earned a reputation for his scholarly cataloguing and extraordinary memory, leading to his assuming at a rather young age a prominent place in the numismatic trade in early 20th-century Europe. The famous series of Ars Classica sales, which began to be issued in 1921 under the Naville et Cie. imprimatur, cemented Hirsch's reputation for fine cataloguing and rigorous scholarship. Clain-Stefanelli 1941. Daehn 2057. Grierson 280: "Une des plus grandes collections de monnaies grecques." Kroh 34. Spring 371 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins" and "Most important sales of Roman provincial coins"]. Likely from the E.J. Seltman Library, though not indicated as such (binding matches the following lots).