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THE ANTHON CABINET

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THE ANTHON CABINET
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Anthon, Charles E., Gaston L. Feuardent and George W. Cogan. THE ANTHON CABINET. CATALOGUE OF PROFESSOR ANTHON'S NUMISMATIC CABINET. PART 1: COMPRISING COINS AND MEDALS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. PART 2: FRANCE, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND ITALY. PART 3: RUSSIA, POLAND, MODERN GREECE, GERMANY, DENMARK, SWEDEN, AND HOLLAND. PART 4: ANTIQUE COINS. PART 5: GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER, OF AMERICA. New York, 1879-84. Five parts complete, bound in one volume. 8vo, later maroon pebbled cloth, gilt; original printed wraps bound in. 61, (1); 104; 98; iv, 84; (2), 93, (1) pages; 2891 (parts 1-3) + 1074 + 1701 lots. All but fourth part hand-priced in red ink. Some original wraps taped. Near fine. A notable early, wide-ranging collection. Anthon was one of the finest American numismatists of his day, and elected to take on the task of cataloguing his collection for sale himself. Unfortunately, while the sale was divided into five parts, Anthon died after the third had been sold, leaving it to other hands (Gaston Feuardent and George Cogan) to compile Parts IV and V. Adams 17, 19, 20, 22 and 23 in the Bangs series.