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HUMPHREY’S COINS OF ENGLAND IN RARE DELUXE BINDING

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HUMPHREY’S COINS OF ENGLAND IN RARE DELUXE BINDING
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Humphreys, Henry Noel. THE GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER COINS OF ENGLAND. EXHIBITED IN A SERIES OF FAC-SIMILES OF THE MOST INTERESTING COINS OF EACH SUCCESSIVE PERIOD; PRINTED IN GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER, ACCOMPANIED BY A SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH COINAGE FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. London: H.G. Bohn, 1849. Sixth edition. 12mo, original red full morocco; spine with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; sides paneled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles; gold marbled endpapers; all page edges gilt. xviii, 136 pages; fine added chromolithographic title and 23 handsome plates of coins printed in metallic tints on a royal blue background. Spine a little rubbed. Near fine. An exceptionally well-preserved example of this fragile work, in deluxe binding.