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The Extraordinary 1898 Hoffmann Sale
Rollin & Feuardent. COLLECTION H. HOFFMANN. MÉDAILLES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, FRANÇAISES ET ÉTRANGÈRES. Paris, 2–11 mai 1898. Tall 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in; decorative endpapers. Superb frontispiece portrait of Hoffmann; viii, 210, (2) pages; 2892 lots; 12 fine phototype plates, mainly depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins. Hand-priced through lot 2502. Binding rubbed at spine and corners; else very good or better. One of only 50 copies specially printed and numbered on papier jaune, presented by Madame Hoffmann. An exceptional catalogue, printed on large paper. The Hoffman collection was especially fine, and the catalogue remains important. Babelon 234. Clain-Stefanelli 1735. Grierson 283. Spring 576. Ex Ed. F. Weber, with his engraved bookplate.
Rollin & Feuardent. COLLECTION H. HOFFMANN. MÉDAILLES GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, FRANÇAISES ET ÉTRANGÈRES. Paris, 2–11 mai 1898. Tall 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; original printed card covers bound in; decorative endpapers. Superb frontispiece portrait of Hoffmann; viii, 210, (2) pages; 2892 lots; 12 fine phototype plates, mainly depicting ancient Greek and Roman coins. Hand-priced through lot 2502. Binding rubbed at spine and corners; else very good or better. One of only 50 copies specially printed and numbered on papier jaune, presented by Madame Hoffmann. An exceptional catalogue, printed on large paper. The Hoffman collection was especially fine, and the catalogue remains important. Babelon 234. Clain-Stefanelli 1735. Grierson 283. Spring 576. Ex Ed. F. Weber, with his engraved bookplate.