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Both Parts of the William Boyne Sale, Partly Named

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:170.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 USD
Both Parts of the William Boyne Sale, Partly Named
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Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST PORTION OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COINS & MEDALS FORMED BY THE LATE WM. BOYNE, ESQ. F.S.A. [with] CATALOGUE OF THE SECOND & FINAL PORTION OF THE IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COINS & MEDALS FORMED BY THE LATE WM. BOYNE, ESQ. F.S.A. London, January 21-31 & June 29-July 9, 1896. Two catalogues bound in one volume. Tall 8vo, contemporary brown half morocco with marbled sides; spine with four raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers. iv, 155, (1); vi, 191, (1) pages; 1832 +1808 lots. First part with a few annotations; second a floor copy, fully priced and named in pencil, with occasional additional annotations. Binding rubbed, else near fine. While the first portion included Boyne’s ancient coins, it is the second portion that in this case is of higher interest. A floor copy, it was hurriedly priced and named but also includes annotations that suggest they were made more carefully either before or after the sale. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]