Lot 2221

Description

(Molthein), Chevalier, M. Le., Catalogue de la Collection Des Medailles Grecques, Leopold Walcher de Molthein, Paris and Vienne, 1895, vii + 295 pp., 31 Plates and etching of Leopold Welzl de Welllenheim (grandfather of de Molthein). Bound within cloth boards, some uncut pages, rare and important.

The publication describes 3310 Ancient Greek coins many of which are illustrated, together with indices and a short account of the collection. A most important reference work with less coins when compared to other later contemporaries single collections such as Weber, McClean and Hunterian, it is still very useful.