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Valentine on the Golden Horde

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Valentine on the Golden Horde
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Valentine, Wm. H. THE COINS OF THE JUJIDS OR KHANS OF THE GOLDEN HORDE. RE-ARRANGED FROM CH. M. VON FRAEHN’S “DIE MUNZEN DER CHANE VOM ULUS DSCHUTSCHI’S ODER VON DER GOLDENEN HORDE.” ST. PETERSBURG 1832. WITH A FEW ADDITIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. Leytonstone E., 78 Frith Road, Nov. 1909. Small 8vo, cloth-backed plain card covers; spine label. Contents comprise one-sided photostatic reproductions of the original manuscript, as issued. (2), 53, (3) manuscript leaves, including a frontispiece map, genealogical table, other tables and 20 hand-drawn plates depicting 314 coins. Pages 46-47 lacking, as in other copies [see comments]. Pencil annotations. Very good or so. An extremely rare and most important work. The location of the original manuscript, assuming it is extant, is unknown to us. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]