LOT 2970
Numismatic Books - Snelling - A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, From the Norman Conquest to the Present Time 1762 A.D.
A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, From the Norman Conquest to the Present Time Consider'd with Regard to Type, Legend, Sorts, Rarity, Weight, Fineness and value With Copper-Plates - Snelling, London, 1762 - hardback quarter-calf on marbled boards with label to the spine - with many additional inclusions including: printed reply from The Gentleman's Magazine by Samuel Pegge to Thomas Simpson of Lincoln regarding the coins of William I; handwritten draft reply to Mr Urban (circa 1797A.D.); specimen chart of coins of Charles I's reign; letter to Mr. Urban concerning weights of English penny coins; several 17th century manuscript documents relating to coins and coinage. 13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in. (2.07 kg, 34 x 25 cm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 2970
Numismatic Books - Snelling - A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, From the Norman Conquest to the Present Time
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
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Numismatic Books - Poole - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Swiss Coins in the South Kensington Museum 1878 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Reginald Stuart Poole - A Descriptive Catalogue of the Swiss Coins in the South Kensington Museum - Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1878 - hardback, full leather binding with gold titling to spine - 673 pp. 1.6 kg, 26 x 17.5 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector. -
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 - Creeke - On Silver Coins of Eanred and Ethelred II of Northumbria and Others 1880 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A.B. Creeke - On Silver Coins of Eanred and Ethelred II of Northumbria and other papers - London, 1880 - card covers rebound in hardback with cloth cover, quarter-calf, 140 pp, plates and text figures. 428 grams, 22 x 14.7 cm
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
