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The Coinage Of The British Empire, Humphreys, Henry Noel.

$ 215.1

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  • Condition: Large paper size 23 x 17 cm. Three quarter cordovan leather over buckram boards, neatly rebacked. Spine elaborately embossed, five raised bands, gilt. Covers decoratively banded in gilt. All edges gilt. Corner tips show some wear. Text and plates very fine. Contemporary fine marbled hand made end papers. A sound, attractive, very fine copy.

    Description

    The Coinage Of The British Empire: An Outline Of The Progress Of The Coinage In Great Britain And Her Dependencies, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time. London and Glasgow, Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A new Edition, Greatly Enlarged, and Carefully Revised. Illustrated By Fac-Similies of the Coins of Each Period, Worked in Gold, Silver, and Copper. 207 pp., 23 engraved plates of coins, half of which are superb Chromo-Lithographic plates worked in precious metals on a rich sienna ground bordered in gilt. Large paper size 23 x 17 cm. Three quarter cordovan leather over buckram boards, neatly rebacked.  Spine elaborately embossed, five raised bands, gilt. Covers decoratively banded in gilt. All edges gilt. Corner tips show some wear. Text and plates very fine. Contemporary fine marbled hand made end papers. A sound, attractive, very fine copy.