1062

1842 PHILIPS AUCTION SALES

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:160.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 USD
1842 PHILIPS AUCTION SALES
A buyer’s premium of 17.5% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. See shipping info and full terms.
Philips, (Peter). A CATALOGUE OF THE RARE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GREEK AND ROMAN COINS AND MEDALS IN GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER, THE PROPERTY OF JOHN KNIGHT, ESQ. (PORTLAND PLACE). London, 3–6 January 1842. 48 pages; 702 lots. Hand-priced and named in ink. [bound with] Philips, (Peter). A CATALOGUE OF AN EXTENSIVE AND VALUABLE COLLECTION OF GREEK & ROMAN COINS, COMBINING UPWARDS OF SIX THOUSAND SPECIMENS, IN GOLD, SILVER, AND BRASS, FORMED MORE THAN FORTY YEARS AGO BY A FOREIGN NOBLEMAN OF DISTINCTION… London, 27–28 June 1842. 25, (1) pages + extra leaf numbered *8 in ink (blank on the verso); 379 lots + 10 bis lots printed on the extra page; four woodcut text illustrations of coins, one of which is duplicated on the title. Hand-priced and named in ink. Small 4to, contemporary tan half calf and marbled boards; spine lettered in gilt. Near fine. Two interesting and rare early sales by Peter Philips of London. Manville & Robertson 1842-1 and 1842-13 (only two copies cited of each). The second sale was catalogued by John Doubleday, according to Manville & Robertson.