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Montagu Patterns & Proofs

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 USD
Montagu Patterns & Proofs
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Spink & Son. CATALOGUE WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF A COLLECTION OF MILLED ENGLISH COINS, DATING FROM THE REIGN OF GEORGE I TO THAT OF HER PRESENT MAJESTY, AND INCLUDING PATTERNS AND PROOFS OF COINS OF THAT PERIOD IN GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE, &C. FORMED BY H. MONTAGU. London: Spink & Son, (1890). Crown 4to, original dark green cloth, bordered, decorated and lettered in gilt; beveled edges; all page edges gilt. (2), 174, (1) leaves, printed on rectos only; title and introduction within decorative borders; text illustrations. Cloth repair to front cover; near fine. This section of the Montagu collection was sold privately before the famous series of auction sales and is the only illustrated record of the Montagu patterns and proofs. Where known, pedigrees are also given. An important and rare private catalogue in the original deluxe binding.