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A Heavily Annotated Compendium, ex Seltman
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE VERY FINE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN AES GRAVE AND ROMAN REPUBLICAN AND IMPERIAL COINS ... FORMED BY THE LATE SIR EDWARD HERBERT BUNBURY. London, 10–14 June 1895. iv, (2), 79 pages; 850 lots; 3 fine autotype plates of Roman Republican coins and Imperial aurei. Hand-priced and named in pencil. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE CARFRAE COLLECTION (SECOND AND FINAL PORTION). CATALOGUE OF THE ROMAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, COMPRISING A REMARKABLE SERIES OF FIRST BRASS, MEDALLIONS, &C... London, 8–11 July 1901. (2), 62 pages; 486 lots; 10 fine plates of coins. The ancient coin lots are priced and named in pencil. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE IMPORTANT SERIES OF ROMAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, THE PROPERTY OF MONSIEUR E. BIZOT. London, 19–21 November 1902. (4), 49, (1) pages; 429 lots; 11 fine tinted plates. Hand-priced and named through lot 267. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT SERIES OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS ... COLLECTED BY THE LATE C.E. MACKERELL. London, 16–18 May 1906. 46 pages; 357 lots; 12 fine tinted plates of coins. Hand-priced and named through lot 240, with annotations throughout. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ROMAN COINS, IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, FORMED BY AN ASTRONOMER. London, 13–19 June 1906. (2), 83, (1) pages; 866 lots; 11 fine plates of coins. Hand-priced and named through lot 585, with annotations throughout. Five catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, contemporary green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers mostly bound in. Binding worn; very good or so. Includes a number of important sales. The Bunbury catalogue is Babelon 231, Clain-Stefanelli 1950, Grierson 281 and Spring 762. The second Carfrae sale included his Roman bronze coins, the Greek coins having been sold in 1894 (see above), and the tinted plates are exceptional: Grierson 281, Spring 780. The Bizot sale was especially notable for Roman portraiture: Clain-Stefanelli 4073, Grierson 280, Spring 783. The Mackerell plates are exceptional: Clain-Stefanelli 4078, Grierson 298, Spring 789. The astronomer of the final catalogue was Frank W. McClean, father of John Robinson McClean: Clain-Stefanelli 3655, Grierson 295, Spring 790. Ex E.J. Seltman Library, with his bid card tipped into the Mackerell catalogue.
Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE VERY FINE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF ITALIAN AES GRAVE AND ROMAN REPUBLICAN AND IMPERIAL COINS ... FORMED BY THE LATE SIR EDWARD HERBERT BUNBURY. London, 10–14 June 1895. iv, (2), 79 pages; 850 lots; 3 fine autotype plates of Roman Republican coins and Imperial aurei. Hand-priced and named in pencil. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE CARFRAE COLLECTION (SECOND AND FINAL PORTION). CATALOGUE OF THE ROMAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, COMPRISING A REMARKABLE SERIES OF FIRST BRASS, MEDALLIONS, &C... London, 8–11 July 1901. (2), 62 pages; 486 lots; 10 fine plates of coins. The ancient coin lots are priced and named in pencil. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE IMPORTANT SERIES OF ROMAN COINS IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, THE PROPERTY OF MONSIEUR E. BIZOT. London, 19–21 November 1902. (4), 49, (1) pages; 429 lots; 11 fine tinted plates. Hand-priced and named through lot 267. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT SERIES OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS ... COLLECTED BY THE LATE C.E. MACKERELL. London, 16–18 May 1906. 46 pages; 357 lots; 12 fine tinted plates of coins. Hand-priced and named through lot 240, with annotations throughout. [bound with] Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF ROMAN COINS, IN GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE, FORMED BY AN ASTRONOMER. London, 13–19 June 1906. (2), 83, (1) pages; 866 lots; 11 fine plates of coins. Hand-priced and named through lot 585, with annotations throughout. Five catalogues, bound in one volume. Crown 4to, contemporary green cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers mostly bound in. Binding worn; very good or so. Includes a number of important sales. The Bunbury catalogue is Babelon 231, Clain-Stefanelli 1950, Grierson 281 and Spring 762. The second Carfrae sale included his Roman bronze coins, the Greek coins having been sold in 1894 (see above), and the tinted plates are exceptional: Grierson 281, Spring 780. The Bizot sale was especially notable for Roman portraiture: Clain-Stefanelli 4073, Grierson 280, Spring 783. The Mackerell plates are exceptional: Clain-Stefanelli 4078, Grierson 298, Spring 789. The astronomer of the final catalogue was Frank W. McClean, father of John Robinson McClean: Clain-Stefanelli 3655, Grierson 295, Spring 790. Ex E.J. Seltman Library, with his bid card tipped into the Mackerell catalogue.