Hirsch, Jacob. SAMMLUNG GRIECHISCHER MÜNZEN AUS DEM NACHLASSE EINES BEKANNTEN ARCHÄOLOGEN. München: No. XIII., 15. Mai 1905 und ff. Tage. 4to, contemporary brown half morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; rebacked with the original spine covering remnants laid on. (8), 292, vi, (2) pages; 4627 lots; 58 superb plates of ancient Greek coins, with some tissue guards. Neatly hand-priced in a minute hand, with buyers' names or initials noted by each lot. Original binding rubbed and worn, but professionally rebacked and now sound; very slight trimming affecting only some plate numbers (no coin images touched). Very good or better. The monumental sale catalogue of the Athanasios Rhousopoulos collection of ancient Greek coins. Very scarce, particularly with buyers' names recorded. Jacob Hirsch (1874-1955) began his career by selling material from the estate of his uncle, Heinrich Hirsch, who had been in the coin business prior to his death in 1886. He quickly earned a reputation for his scholarly cataloguing and extraordinary memory, leading to his assuming at a rather young age a prominent place in the numismatic trade in early 20th-century Europe. The famous series of Ars Classica sales, which began to be issued in 1921 under the Naville et Cie. imprimatur, cemented Hirsch's reputation for fine cataloguing and rigorous scholarship. Clain-Stefanelli 1941. Daehn 2057. Grierson 280: "Une des plus grandes collections de monnaies grecques." Kroh 34. Spring 371 [also listed under "Most important sales of ancient Greek coins" and "Most important sales of Roman provincial coins"].