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Auction: 9008 - The John Marshall Collection, other Ancient, British, World Coins, Comm Medals & Books
Lot: 518

° EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE ORIGINAL CHERTKOV. C(HERTKOV), A. DESCRIPTION OF ANCIENT RUSSIAN COINS. . Moscow, 1834, 1837, 1838 & 1842. Four parts complete, bound in one volume. Octavo, Engraved title printed in red and black, pp. x, (2), 224, (2); viii, 63, (1); vi, (2), 48; vi, (2), 67, (1); 48 engraved plates, the last 6 printed in metallic tints. Contemporary brown quarter-morocco, gilt, rubbed at extremities, some damage to lower spine, gilt. A fine copy of this extremely scarce work on the early coins of Russia. Estimate £ 2,000-3,000

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