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Duby’s Rare Works on Obsidional & Feudal Coins in Royal Bindings

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Duby’s Rare Works on Obsidional & Feudal Coins in Royal Bindings
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Duby, Pierre-Ancher Tobiésen. RECUEIL GÉNÉRAL DES PIÈCES OBSIDIONALES ET DE NÉCESSITÉ, GRAVÉES DANS L’ORDRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES ÉVÉNEMENS.... A Paris: Chez la Veuve de l’Auteur, rue des Moulins Butte S. Roch, No. 39. Et chez Debure l’aîné, Librairie de la Bibliothèque du Roi, Quai des Grands Augustins, 1786. xvi, 147, (1) pages; woodcut title vignette; woodcut headpieces and tailpieces; 27 finely engraved plates of authentic coins and 4 additional plates depicting fantasies, or “Recreations Numismatiques.” [with] Duby, Pierre-Ancher Tobiésen. TRAITÉ DES MONNOIES DES BARONS, OU REPRÉSENTATION ET EXPLICATION DE TOUTES LES MONNOIES D’OR, D’ARGENT, DE BILLON & DE CUIVRE, QU’ONT FAIT FRAPPER LES POSSESSEURS DE GRANDS FIEFS, PAIRS, ÉVÊQUES, ABBÉS, CHAPITRES, VILLES & AUTRES SEIGNEURS DE FRANCE.... A Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1790. Two volumes, complete. cxxxvi, 183, (1); (4), 331, (1) pages; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and title vignettes; 110 + 10 finely engraved plates of coins. Three volumes in all. Folio [34 by 26.5 cm], original matching full speckled calf, with all boards paneled in triple gilt fillets and bearing the gilt-impressed arms of Louis XVI in the center; spines with five raised bands, richly decorated in gilt with designs incorporating Louis XVI’s cypher and fleurs-de-lis; each spine with two dark red morocco lettering pieces, gilt; board edges decorated in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; all page edges speckled red; marbled endpapers. Occasional annotations in pencil. Only slight wear to corners and extremities. Overall, a fine and very impressive set. [Online description truncated: see printed or PDF catalogue for full description.]