Auction Catalogue

16 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 844

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16 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£130

Evans, Sir J., The Coins of the Ancient Britons, London, 1864, xi + 424pp, 26 engraved plates (Manville 427). Publisher’s brown cloth, gilt; internally resewn, back cover and top of spine frayed but contents fine and clean; printed review of the book by J.B. Davis from the Reliquary, July 1864 (Manville 427a), and articles by Evans and Henfrey on Ancient British coins tipped-in
£80-100

Provenance: Ex libris Llewellynn Jewitt, with his bookplate; Alan C. Harrison