Scarce Publication by Rizzo

Rizzo, Giulio Emanuele. STUDI ARCHEOLOGICI SU LE MONETE GRECHE DE LA SICILIA. Milano: Società Paolo Orsi, Studi d’Archeologia e d’Arte, Volume I, 1939. Folio, later tan quarter morocco with linen sides; spine lettered in red; original printed card covers bound in. 89, (7), 4 pages [Rizzo’s work comprises pages 3–46, with 13 superb text figures and 4 very fine plates of ancient Greek coins; the remainder of the volume, also finely illustrated, comprises Paolino Mingazzini’s “Due Tombe Sicule in Territorio de Partanna Presso Selinunte”]. Near fine. A scarce publication by Rizzo on Sicilian coins, featuring the exceptional photography for which his later work is famous. A copy of this sold in our Sale 162 for $2750 hammer.