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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 141

The Coinage of Scotland, Illustrated from the cabinet of Thomas Coats, esq., of Ferguslie and other collections by Burns, Edward -- Covers the coinage from David I AD 1124 to Anne AD 1707 -- Adams and Charles Black, Publishers. Book Condition: Used - Very Good. 1887. 3 volumes. Large 4to. Three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards. Endpapers marbled. Top edges gilt. Spines in six compartments, with raised bands, decorated in gilt. Vol. 1: xxiii, 365 pp.; Vol. 2: xviii, 556 pp.; Vol. 3: vi pp. + 78 heliogravure plates with accompanying text. Rubbing to raised bands, edges of binding, corners, leather missing in spots. Overall a sound copy.

EX.BIBLIOTHECA.G,F.ET.M.HILL bookplate inside board on all three volumes. Sir George Francis Hill was Director, British Museum, 1931-36.

Estimate
$250 to $500