LOT 3014
Numismatic Books - Ede - A View of the Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations 1808 A.D.
J. Ede - A View of the Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations Exhibited in above four hundred Copper Plate Engravings - Richardson, London, 1808 - leather binding with gold blocking to spine, marbled endpapers - 74 pp, 34 monochrome plates, with separate section concerning assaying and weights and another on Sir Isaac Newton's tables of foreign silver and gold coins, assaying tales, etc. 6 x 5 1/4 in. (244 grams total, 15 x 13.5 cm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 3014
Numismatic Books - Ede - A View of the Gold and Silver Coins of All Nations
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Numismatic Books - Pegge - An Assemblage of Coins Fabricated by Authority of the Archbishops of Canterbury 1772 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Samuel Pegge - An Assemblage of Coins Fabricated by Authority of the Archbishops of Canterbury - Snelling, London, 1772 - hardback, quarter leather binding, gold titling to spine 'Canterbury Coins' - 125 pp including plates; bookplates for Terence J. Robertson and Hugo Shortt. 590 grams, 29.3 x 23.5 cm
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Numismatic Books - Evans - The Coins of The Ancient Britons and Supplement 1864-1890 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
John Evans - The Coins of the Ancient Britons, London, 1864; with The Coins of the Ancient Britons Supplement, London, 1890 - hardback, matching contemporary red morocco, neatly re-backed with spines relaid, gold titling - 424 pp, 17 plates and 180 pp, 23 plates; with a loosely inserted postcard from John Evans to The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, dated 1900; copied extract from Ancient British Coins, (Rudd, 2010, p.3) with outline of Evans's achievements; Ex libris Harry Manville (1929-2015), with an earlier auction extract; acquired Douglas Saville, ex libris Chris Rudd, with bookplate to each; supplement with back cover detached. 2.02 kg total, 24 x 16 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
John Evans, later Sir John (1823-1908) was the father of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), the archaeologist most famous for his work at Knossos, Crete; John studied and produced works on the subjects of Stone Age and Bronze Age implements as well as for Celtic coins; all of his works were pioneering but are still of great value today; his bookplate (copy of which is present) illustrates his major interests. -
Numismatic Books - Sainthill - An Olla Podrida or, Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary, Volume I & II 1853 & 1844 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Richard Sainthill - An Olla Podrida or, Scraps Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary, Volume I & II - Nichols & Son, London, 1844 - hardback, cloth covers - Vol.I 388 pp, text figures and plates; II 444 pp, text figures and plates - each volume with handwritten dedication by the author. 2.22 kg total, 26.2 x 17.3 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
