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Mionnet’s 1827 Guide to Rarity and Price

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:140.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 USD
Mionnet’s 1827 Guide to Rarity and Price
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Mionnet, T.E. DE LA RARETÉ ET DU PRIX DES MÉDAILLES ROMAINES, OU RECEUIL CONTENANT LES TYPES RARES ET INÉDITS DES MÉDAILLES D’OR, D’ARGENT ET DE BRONZE, FRAPPÉES PENDANT LA DURÉE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE ET DE L’EMPIRE ROMAIN. Seconde edition. Paris, 1827. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary matching blue quarter calf with mottled boards; flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt. (4), xxiv, 420; (4), 571, (1) pages; engraved frontispiece plate; 38 additional engraved plates of coins. Spotted; very good or better. The scarce second edition of the first substantial guide book to the value of coins, now augmented with handsomely engraved plates of coins. First published in 1815, with a more commonly encountered third edition in 1858 (Leitzmann cites a third edition of 1847, but this appear to be in error). Leitzmann 91.