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Montagu English Coins, Priced & Named

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 USD
Montagu English Coins, Priced & Named
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Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. THE MONTAGU COLLECTION OF COINS. FIRST PORTION: CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON SERIES / SECOND PORTION: CATALOGUE OF THE BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON SERIES / THIRD PORTION: CATALOGUE OF THE ENGLISH SERIES / FOURTH PORTION: CATALOGUE OF THE ENGLISH COPPER, IRISH, SCOTTISH AND ANGLO-GALLIC SERIES / FIFTH AND FINAL PORTION: CATALOGUE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON & ENGLISH COINS AND MEDALS. London, Nov. 18-23, 1895; May 11, 1896; Nov. 13, 1896; July 15, 1897; Nov. 16, 1897. Five catalogues bound in one volume, comprising the complete series of sales of English coins. Crown 4to, contemporary black straight-grained half calf; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. x, (2), 107, (1); iv, 119, (1); iv, 128; (4), 52; iv, 98 pages; 857+ 857 + 988 + 373 + 737 lots; 6 + 7 + 13 + 5 + 5 superb autotype plates; portrait plate. Entirely and neatly priced and named by hand. Front board detached, but repairable; otherwise near fine. A magnificent, well-catalogued collection of English coins and medals, one of the most important ever formed. Grierson 298: "Une des collections les plus importantes qui aient jamais existé." Manville & Robertson pages 177-181. Ex Kolbe Sale 89, lot 445.