Lot Archive

Lot

№ 596

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31 October 1997

Hammer Price:
£120

Loubat, J.F., The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876, New York, 1930, two vols, lxix, 478pp, bound with a printed supplement of reviews, letters of congratulation, + 170 fine engraved plates by Jules Jacquemart, tan cloth lettered in gilt, inscribed on first free endpaper “J. d. Henderson with the compliments of Duc de Loubat, February, 1897” , with paper labels of A. Kosoff and Katen Numismatic Library on inside front cover. Internally clean, but covers worn (£120-150)

Scarce and virtually never offered in the United Kingdom. A smaller format reprint was published in the United States, in — we believe — the 1970’s.