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The Mémoires of Raoul-Rochette

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The Mémoires of Raoul-Rochette
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Raoul-Rochette, (Désiré). MÉMOIRES DE NUMISMATIQUE ET D’ANTIQUITÉ. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1840. 4to, original printed wraps. (6), 256 pages; 10 engraved plates, mainly depicting ancient Greek coins. Spine strengthened with a paper strip; intermittent foxing/browning. Very good. Rarely offered. The first collected edition of four essays on ancient Greek coins from Sicily and Magna Graecia. “One of the most learned and prolific archaeologists of the first half of the nineteenth century, Désiré Raoul Rochette (1790-1854), succeeded Millin as Keeper of the Cabinet des Médailles in 1818.”--Babelon, 139. Leitzmann 112. Ex Kolbe Sale 95, lot 291. Ex RBW Library.