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Auction: 1011 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins, Commemorative Medals & Numismatic Books
Lot: 392

THOMAS. E. Early Sassanian Inscriptions, Seals and Coins. London, 1868. Octavo, photograph of a plaster cast of the Hajiabad inscription in the Royal Asiatic Society, as fronstispiece, pp.viii, 137, (1); 1 double plate; lengthy contemporary newspaper cutting tipped in at rear endpaper comprising review/article based on the present book- from The Morning Post, January, 1869. (?). Original publisher´s embossed purple cloth, worn at extremities. Covers loose, spine damaged. Loosely inserted: Thomas. E. Sassanian Gems and Early Armenian Coins. Reprinted from: Num. Chron., 1866. Octavo, pp. 8; 1 plate. Inscribed by E. Leggett on upper cover. Old Spink & Son label, as at Gracechurch Street, on inner cover. With letter (4pp) from the author to ´Walpole´ [=The Hon. F. Walpole], dated 7 Oct. ´68, mentioning the few reviews of the book, tipped in on recto of frontispiece. Inscribed on half title to Walpole by the author. One of Thomas´s rarest works. Estimate £ 60-100

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