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First Edition Crosby with Special Content Bound In

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First Edition Crosby with Special Content Bound In
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Crosby, Sylvester S. THE EARLY COINS OF AMERICA; AND THE LAWS GOVERNING THEIR ISSUE. COMPRISING ALSO DESCRIPTIONS OF THE WASHINGTON PIECES, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TOKENS, MANY PIECES OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES, AND THE FIRST PATTERNS OF THE UNITED STATES MINT. Boston: published by the New England Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1873 / Boston: Published by the Author, 1875. 1875 title cited above. 4to, bound in brown full morocco by Alan Grace; both covers with inset panels, doubly bordered in gilt with floral sprays in corners; front cover lettered in gilt; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges red; marbled endpapers. (2), v, (1), inserted leaf with small printed circular announcing completion of the work pasted in the center, (2), v, (5), (11)-381, (1) pages, including the 1873 introduction; 10 additional leaves of ruled paper bound in, on the first of which is a two-page handwritten transcription of Edward Maris's review of the book published in the American Journal of Numismatics; 110 wood engravings in the text; 2 folding heliotype manuscript facsimiles; 10 fine heliotype plates of coins and tokens bound in at the end; Woodburytype plate of Dr. Maris mounted on card stock and bound in as Plate XI, with small handwritten key to the plate bound in and with the error on the plate neatly fixed. Housed in cloth slipcase. Fine. An extraordinary copy of what is arguably the best and certainly the most enduring work on American numismatics ever written. [online description truncated: see PDF or printed catalogue for full description]