Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 162 22 Jan 2022
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Ravel on Corinthian Colts
Ravel, Oscar E. LES «POULAINS» DE CORINTHE. MONOGRAPHIE DES STATÈRES CORINTHIENS. TOMES I & II: (DE 650 À 300 AV. J.-C.). London, 1936 and 1948. First edition. Two volumes, bound in one. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, black spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers. 134, (2) + 310, (2) pages; text figures; tables; 78 fine plates of coins. A well-used copy, with some loose plates and leaves. Good. The rarely offered original edition, with superior plates. Ex American Numismatic Society Library, previously in the library of Jean B. Cammann (by whom it is signed); ex Kolbe Sale 87, lot 501. Clain-Stefanelli 2545*. Daehn 4278. Grierson 62. Kroh 38 (four stars): "This is the standard reference for the Corinthian staters (with a die-study of the earlier issues) and nearly 1,200 coins are illustrated."
Ravel, Oscar E. LES «POULAINS» DE CORINTHE. MONOGRAPHIE DES STATÈRES CORINTHIENS. TOMES I & II: (DE 650 À 300 AV. J.-C.). London, 1936 and 1948. First edition. Two volumes, bound in one. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, black spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers. 134, (2) + 310, (2) pages; text figures; tables; 78 fine plates of coins. A well-used copy, with some loose plates and leaves. Good. The rarely offered original edition, with superior plates. Ex American Numismatic Society Library, previously in the library of Jean B. Cammann (by whom it is signed); ex Kolbe Sale 87, lot 501. Clain-Stefanelli 2545*. Daehn 4278. Grierson 62. Kroh 38 (four stars): "This is the standard reference for the Corinthian staters (with a die-study of the earlier issues) and nearly 1,200 coins are illustrated."