Scarce German Handbook to Greek Coins

Werlhof, A.C.E. von [compiler]. HANDBUCH DER GRIECHISCHEN NUMISMATIK MIT BESONDERER RÜCKSICHT AUF DEREN LITERATUR. Hannover: Hahn’sche Hofbuchhandlung, 1850. Small 8vo, later full tan morocco; spine with two raised bands, lettered in brown; brown endpapers. (4), viii, 280 pages; text illustrations of coins; 5 lithographic plates of alphabets and devices. Annotated by hand, at times heavily. Foxed; fore-edge trimming affects some annotations. Binding rubbed; contents good to very good. A rarely encountered handbook, “Unter Zugrundelegung von Akerman’s Manual,” according to its title page. Babelon 187. Ex Dr. Alexander Kaestner Library, with his ink stamp.