Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

Snelling, T., A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England…, London, 1762, 55pp, 19 engraved plates; bound with A View of the Gold Coin and Coinage of England…, London, 1763, 36pp, 8 engraved plates; bound with A View of the Copper Coin and Coinage of England…, London, 1766, 46pp, 10 engraved plates, 4pp Appendix; bound with Miscellaneous Views of the Coins struck by English Princes in France, Counterfeit Sterlings…East India Company…West India Colonies…Isle of Man…, London 1769, 54pp, 7 engraved plates; bound with A View of the Origin, Nature and Use of Jetons or Counters…, London, 1769, 16pp, 7 engraved plates; bound with A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of Scotland…, London, 1774, 10 engraved plates (Manville 165, 171, 176, 182-3, 200). Contemporary brown calf, ribbed and gilt spine; binding rubbed at extremities and a note on the other publications by Snelling in a contemporary hand on the first free endpaper, otherwise fine [weight 1.8 kg] £100-150

Provenance: Ex libris James Whatman, with his bookplate; Jeffrey Gardiner