David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Pye, C., Provincial Coins and Tokens Issued from the Year 1787 to the Year 1801. 1st edn, Birmingham, for Knott & Lloyd, London, L.B. Seeley, 1801. 4to, green half morocco. Title page; Names of Die-sinkers and Manufacturers; 2pp Advertisement by Pye (preface) dated 1801; 55 engraved plates (of tokens), (1-52, 15*, 18* & 35*), interleaved throughout with blanks; 14pp. Index (pp.5-18). Some notes by David Griffiths loosely inserted (Manville 255). £200-250

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 F.S. Cokayne, 1896 [from Lincoln]; bt D.R.D. Edmunds August 1978