British Tokens

Anon, Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Proceedings during the year 1886, Taunton, 1887, viii, 90 + 183pp, 3 engraved plates, includes ‘Somerset Trade Tokens of the 17th Century, and of the period 1787 to 1817’, by William Bidgood (Manville 529); Weaver, F.W. (ed), Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society for the year 1911, Taunton, 1912, xi, 132 + 169pp, 7 plates and other illustrations, includes ‘Taunton Tokens of the Seventeenth Century’ by Henry Symonds (Manville 708); Weaver, F.W. (ed), Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society for the year 1915, Taunton, 1916, lxviii + 271pp, 10 plates and other illustrations, includes ‘Somerset Trade Tokens, XVII Century: New Types and Varieties and Corrections of Former Lists’, by H. St George Gray and Henry Symonds (Manville 748) [3]. Modern red cloth, gilt spines, marbled endpapers; 1911 volume with inscription on title page but otherwise fine, others very fine, some pages uncut £80-100

Provenance: Ex libris David Griffiths, with his bookplates