Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 384
P., DUPONT. H. [Trésor de Numismatique et de Glyptique ou Recueil General de Médailles, Monnaies, Pierres Gravées….] Choix de Médailles Allemandes exécutées aux XVIe. et XVIIe. Siècles. Paris, 1858. Folio, pp. iv, 102; 48 superbly printed plates by Achille Collas. Internally stained and browned in places, especially the text, some plates are also stained, but less severely. The work is complete, and the quality of the plates is exceptional. Attractively bound in crimson morocco backed cloth, raised bands, back gilt. A rare work, and one of the rarest of all the twenty volumes of the Trésor. Estimate £ 130-180
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