Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 710

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£110

Denton, M., and Prattent, T., The Virtuoso’s Companion and Coin Collectors Guide, 8 vols in one, London, 1795-7, 240 engraved plates, no index or introductory matter, title pages 1 [undated], 3 [1795] and un-numbered [1799] bound in at front. Contemporary brown calf and marbled boards; binding somewhat rubbed and spine partly torn but internally clean and free of annotations £80-100

The fact that one of the title pages is dated 1799 does not appear to have been noted before