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Riccio’s Masterwork, with Embossed Illustrations

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Riccio’s Masterwork, with Embossed Illustrations
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Riccio, Gennaro. CATALOGO DI ANTICHE MEDAGLIE CONSOLARI E DI FAMIGLIE ROMANE. Napoli: Dalla Stamperia del Fibreno, 1855. Mounted frontispiece portrait of the author within a decorative oval border; title printed in gold and bronze ink within a decorative oval border; vii, (1), 230, (2) pages; 6 deeply embossed fold-out plates depicting both sides of 140 ancient Roman coins printed in metallic (gold, silver and bronze) foil or ink; 1 lithographic plate of monograms. [bound with] Riccio, Gennaro. PRIMO SUPPLEMENTO AL CATALOGO DELLE ANTICHE MONETE CONSOLARI E DI FAMIGLIE ROMANE. Napoli: Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno, 1856. vi, 38 pages. [bound with] Riccio, Gennaro. SECONDO SUPPLEMENTO AL CATALOGO DELLE ANTICHE MONETE CONSOLARI E DI FAMIGLIE ROMANE. Napoli: Stamperia del Fibreno, 1861. viii, 18, (2) pages; 2-page Altre onorificenze pervenute nel 1857 e 1858 bound in following. 4to, modern black cloth, gilt. Binding lightly rubbed; final plate too closely trimmed at fore-edge.[Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]