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Markov's Rare 1905 Russkaia Numizmatika

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Markov's Rare 1905 Russkaia Numizmatika
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Markov, A.K. РУССКАЯ НУМИЗМАТИКА. . Saint Petersburg, 1905. Large 4to [31 by 22.5 cm], original printed wraps. 36, ii pages; 2 very fine plates of early Russian coins; 1 lithographic plate depicting several silver grivna. Untrimmed and unopened. Near fine. Lectures on Russian pre-Petrine numismatics read by the author at the St. Petersburg Imperial Archaeological Institute. Aleksei Konstantinovich Markov (1858-1920) was from 1888 the chief curator and director of the Department of Numismatics at the Hermitage. A professor at the St. Petersburg Imperial Archaeological Institute, he was a specialist in Russian and Islamic numismatics. He authored numerous entries on numismatic subjects in Russia's premiere multivolume reference Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона. A trimmed copy of this work brought $850 hammer in our 2012 New York Book Auction. Clain-Stefanelli 11175. Mayer 1133.