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MORE ON NUMORUM HUNGARIAE TRANSILVANIAELast week Michael Wehner asked about a recently-purchased book on Hungarian and Transylvanian numismatics. David Fanning of Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers passed along listings from two previous sales - the first is the plate volume only, the second is the text volumes. The images are from last week's article. -Editor 
From our Sale 151: Exquisite Plates of Hungarian & Transylvanian Coins 322 (Schönvisner, Stephan). TABULAE NUMISMATICAE PRO CATALOGO NUMORUM HUNGARIAE AC TRANSILVANIAE INSTITUTI NATIONALIS SZÉCHÉNYIANI. (Pest, 1810). Plate volume only. Oblong folio [35 by 22 cm], contemporary brown leather and marbled boards; old numeric annotation on front cover. Engraved title; 79 + 20 + 8 engraved plates of coins and medals. Binding somewhat worn. Very good. $150 While the three accompanying text volumes are not present, this remains a valuable and useful work in addition to being quite beautiful. Fejér & Huszár 21. Leitzmann 23. From a 2003 Kolbe fixed price list:
585 (Schönvisner, Stephan). CATALOGUS NUMORUM HUNGARIAE AC TRANSILVANIAE INSTITUTI NATIONALIS SZÉCHÉNYIANI. PARS I. NUMI HUNGARIAE. PARS II. NUMI TRANSILVANIAE. PARS III. NUMI MISCELLANEI. APPENDIX AD CATALOGUM NUMORUM HUNGARIAE AC TRANSILVANIAE INSTITUTI NATIONALIS SZÉCHÉNYIANI). Pestini: Typis Matthiae Trattner, 1807-1810. Four volumes of text, bound in three, plate volume not present. 492, (12); 109, (3); 399, (9); 252, (8) pages. Matching tan calf and boards, gilt, joints cracked, internally fine. 275.00
Former NBS President Marc Ricard writes: "I found that Michael and Stefan Lenzen of Antiquariat Lenzen in Düsseldorf, Germany are selling the 1810 first edition in a different format on AbeBooks. And as expected from the Lenzen's, there is a significant historical description on the sale page." Here's a Google-translated excerpt from the AbeBook item listing, with some images. -Editor 
Oblong 4to. 23 x 38 cm. [1], 79, 20, 8 leaves. Provisional cardboard binding with a cloth-reinforced spine. First Edition. Latin edition [titles and captions]. Leitzmann 23 [Schoenvisner]. 107 plates, each featuring multiple numismatic copper engravings. The plate volume accompanying Schönwiesner's authoritative three-volume coin catalogue, *Catalogus numorum Hungariae ac Transilvaniae Instituti Nationalis Széchényiani*. The first section comprises 79 plates depicting coins of the three Hungarian royal dynasties, ranging from Stephen I to Francis II; the second section contains 20 plates with corresponding Transylvanian coins; and the third section consists of 8 plates of *Miscellanea*, including Hungarian prelates as well as Hungarian and Transylvanian families. 
Here's what Adrián González-Salinas found. -Editor I did read the article of Michael Wehner about "Numorum Hungariae Transilvaniae Information Sought" appeared in The E-Sylum (Volume 29, Number 13, March 29, 2026) and I'd like to share the information I found in Internet and some books that I have in my library. Book: "Tabulae Numismaticae Pro Catalogo Numorum Hungariae ac Transilvaniae Instituti Nationalis Széchényiani" The translation would be "Numismatic Tables (Plates) for the Catalog of Coins of Hungary and Transylvania of the National Széchényi Institute". Instituti Nationalis Széchényiani is the Latin name for present-day Hungarian National Museum, which was founded in 1802 and was based on a collection donated by Count Ferenc Széchényi de Sárvár-Felsovidék (Fertoszéplak, Hungary 28 April 1754 - Vienna, Austria 13 December 1820). 
Author: Stephan Schönwiesner (Prešov, Slovakia 1735 - Oradea, Romania 1815). Also known as Stephan or Stephano Schoenvisner.
Catalogue: "Catalogus Numorum Hungariae et Transilvaniae, Instituti Nationalis Széchényani". Pestin (Budapest) 1807-1810. 3 Volumes of text and one Volume of illustrations (Kupfertafeln) by Johann Jakob Leitzmann (Erfurt 24 September 1798 – Tunzenhausen 23 October 1877). Bibliotheca Numaria. Verzeichniss sämmtlicher in dem Zeitraume 1800 bis 1866 erschienenen Schriften über Münzkunde. (The Supplement to 1866). Weissensee, Austria. 1867. Verlag der G. F. Grossmann'schen Buchhandlung. Page 23. A digital copy of the first 2 volumes can easily be downloaded from the internet. Numismatic Auctions' Appearances (I have just found one reference): - Asta # 103. 15 December 2017. La Biblioteca Numismatica di Marco Ratto. Sold in association with Sovereign Rarities Lot # 1338. "[...] rarely offered [...]. Original dark blue cloth the spine lettered in gilt [...]". Comments: It is the fourth volume of a very rare book of plates accompanying the definitive three-volume coin catalog of "Catalogus Numorum Hungariae ac Transilvaniae Instituti Nationalis Széchényiani" containing approximately 107 engraved plates featuring numerous numismatic illustrations (several with copperplate engravings). This volume of plates (4th) is divided into three primary parts: 1) Numi Hungariae. Coins of Hungary. The first section comprises 79 plates with the coins of the three Hungarian royal dynasties beginning with Stephen I and ending with Francis II. 2) Numi Transilvaniae: Coins of Transylvania. 20 plates with Transylvanian coins. 3) Numi Miscellanei: Miscellaneous coins. 8 plates, including Hungarian prelates and Hungarian and Transylvanian families. Bibliography:
Thanks, everyone. Neat book. -Editor
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