Library of Roman Republican Numismatics & History

[ahala]

• I have put my library online. Here it is:

  http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/Library.html

  Andrew

 

[cliff]

Thanks Andrew, besides the fact that it's beautiful it's an useful visual resource and really inspirating for every serious roman collector. I have already updated my list of desiderata after looking at it... :)

Modificato 2 Dicembre, 2014 da cliff

[acraf]

Very compliments!

Is it possible to consult your library and to have, for example, some scansions of determined pages, especially from old auction catalogues, available only with difficulty in public libraries (obviouysly in occasion of specialized studies)?

[Liutprand]

Thanks, very interesting.

[L. Licinio Lucullo]

Thank you Ahala

[numa numa]

Ahala congratulations for a painstakingly and thoughtfully carried out project. The methodical approach reflected in the orderly display of both library and collection contents and the importance of the materials collected certainly put your works in the league of reference collections.

The effort put in your library search reminds me of what Dan Koppersmith did with  his Archaic and Classical Greek Coins library where he was able to assemble most references on greek coinage (check : The Celator , volume 1 n. 5 May 2007), or the BCD library.

One suggestion for future acquisition you may want top consider could be the classical works by Marchi & Tessieri on the Aes Grave of Museo Kirckeriano, the Garrucci and if you are lucky to find the Carelli, which contain a wealth of material sometimes not reported in  later, notwithstanding very well researched, works.

Thank you especially for sharing such a wwealth konwledge and material ;)

[ahala]

Very compliments!

Is it possible to consult your library and to have, for example, some scansions of determined pages, especially from old auction catalogues, available only with difficulty in public libraries (obviouysly in occasion of specialized studies)?

Yes of course, so long as you are not in a hurry, and it's only a few pages. I've listed every auction catalogue that I own before 1990. The llst can be compared with my other new web-page here:

http://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/RRAuctions.html

 

After 1990 I keep only the Roman Republican sections of auction catalogues, and I bind together all the Roman Republican coins from one auction house.

 

Three other auction catalogue resources that may be willing to make scans of one or two pages (or you could visit, which is also possible with my library)

ANS in New York

Fitzwilliam (Ted Buttrey) in Cambridge

BCD Library in Athens

 

Andrew

[ahala]

Ahala congratulations for a painstakingly and thoughtfully carried out project. The methodical approach reflected in the orderly display of both library and collection contents and the importance of the materials collected certainly put your works in the league of reference collections.

The effort put in your library search reminds me of what Dan Koppersmith did with  his Archaic and Classical Greek Coins library where he was able to assemble most references on greek coinage (check : The Celator , volume 1 n. 5 May 2007), or the BCD library.

One suggestion for future acquisition you may want top consider could be the classical works by Marchi & Tessieri on the Aes Grave of Museo Kirckeriano, the Garrucci and if you are lucky to find the Carelli, which contain a wealth of material sometimes not reported in  later, notwithstanding very well researched, works.

Thank you especially for sharing such a wwealth konwledge and material ;)

 

Thanks for the suggestions! I have Marchi & Tessieri on the Aes Grave of Museo Kirckeriano, it's on the shelves and listed on the webpage, though I think I only mention the museum name. I would like Garruccu and Carelli. I would like Havercamp Republican (I only have a modern reprint of the text but not the plates volume). I would like a good work on Republican coins by Goltzius (containing of course the fictitious Goltziani that have misled numismatists and forgers for centuries). I'm missing some important sale catalogues such as Voirol and Sotheby Duke of Northumberland. A few books have been lent to friends, who did not return them. I am looking for a good Roman curse to put on these friends, to remind them to give me my books back!

[numa numa]

Thanks for the suggestions! I have Marchi & Tessieri on the Aes Grave of Museo Kirckeriano, it's on the shelves and listed on the webpage, though I think I only mention the museum name. I would like Garruccu and Carelli. I would like Havercamp Republican (I only have a modern reprint of the text but not the plates volume). I would like a good work on Republican coins by Goltzius (containing of course the fictitious Goltziani that have misled numismatists and forgers for centuries). I'm missing some important sale catalogues such as Voirol and Sotheby Duke of Northumberland. A few books have been lent to friends, who did not return them. I am looking for a good Roman curse to put on these friends, to remind them to give me my books back!

 

 

ah ah ... I guess latin curses, widely used in Pompeii, are the best !

Carelli is the rarest of the lot and its appearance on the market is very infrequent. The sale of the Duc de Luynes library, two years ago, had a copy described in the sales (Sotheby's) catalog, however the lot was withdrawn ahead of the sale (probably due to a super-offer by some obsessed collector, or the heir himself). The Goltzius are the most pleasant for the quality of the plates but very difficult as well to find.

[Afranio_Burro]

tutta la mia ammirazione e (la mia invidia) vanno ad ahala.. spero francamente di poter vantare, un giorno, una biblioteca del genere piuttosto che una grossa collezione di monete