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LOT 3007
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Numismatic Books - Hawkins, Franks & Gruber - Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II, 2 vols 1885 A.D.
Hawkins, E., Franks, A.W. and Grueber, H.A., Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the death of George II, 2 vols, London, 1885, 724 + 866pp (Manville 515) [2]. Publishers’ brown cloth, spines gilt; some pencil checkmarks in a 19th century hand, otherwise a clean set, vol. I with illustrated 5pp article from The Connoisseur, August 1903, entitled Stuart Medals and Royalist Badges, by P. Berney-Ficklin, and vol. II with ALS from H.A. Grueber to Mr Berney-Ficklin, 13 July 1904, bound in at p.181, and referring to the Peace of Ryswick medal, M.I. II, 181/476; ex libris Philip Berney-Ficklin. 3.52 kg total, 24.5 x 17 cm each
[2, No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Ex libris Philip Berney-Ficklin.
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
FOOTNOTES:
Philip Berney-Ficklin, FSA (1849-1917), of Tasburgh Hall, Norwich; his collection of Stuart badges and medals, many of which were acquired at the Montagu sale in May 1897, was sold by Sotheby’s in November 1921.
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