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1788 Auction Catalogue of the Madai Collection

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1788 Auction Catalogue of the Madai Collection
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Texier, Pierre. VERZEICHNISS DER AUSERLESENEN UND HÖCHSTANSEHNLICHEN THALERSAMMLUNG DES ZU HALLE VERSTORBENEN HOFRATHS DAVID SAMUEL VON MADAI. Hamburg, 15ten September und folgende Tage des laufenden 1788sten. Small 8vo, original calf and boards; all page edges red. xxviii, 522, (2) pages; finely engraved medallic portrait of Madai by Wermuth on the title; woodcut decorations; 6884 lots, including Anhang. Hand-priced throughout in ink in an early hand. Binding worn, but holding; personal and institutional stamps to title page; very good. The rare and important auction catalogue of Madai's remarkable collection of talers.