David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Boyne, W., Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland by Corporations, Merchants, Tradesmen, Etc. Described and Illustrated. 1st edn, London, John Russell Smith, 1858. 4to, contemporary green cloth, gilt. xxiii, 630pp (2), 42 plates (lacking plate 42). J.E. Hodgkin’s working copy as compiled, signed and dated by him in 1901, with extensive notes in his hand including coins in his collection and those acquired by him from Boyne. A rare copy by association (Manville 403).
£150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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Provenance: Ex libris J.E. Hodgkin; M & M Auction (Basle), 25-6 February 1987, lot 2174