Important British and World Coins, Tokens, Historial and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Sotheby & Co, Catalogue of the Extensive and Highly Important Collection of Coins and Medals selected…by Mr W. Chaffers, 9-16 February 1857, 1,246 lots; bound with Catalogue of the collection of Greek and Roman Coins…of Augustus Langdon…and…A small Collection of Greek Coins formed by Alexander Stewart, 3-8 November 1856, 966 lots; bound with Catalogue of the Unique, Extensive and Highly Important Collection of Roman Coins…formed by…Gustave Herpin, 3-10 August 1857, 1,214 lots; bound with Catalogue of a select portion of The Valuable Stock of…Coins and Medals…of Joseph Lewis Etherington Curt, 16-20 April 1858, 681 lots; bound with Catalogue of the very choice, valuable and well known Collection of Coins…formed by the late Rev. T.F. Dymock, 1-4 June 1858, 531 lots, all with prices and buyers’ names. Contemporary maroon half-morocco and marbled boards by Holden of Liverpool, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; spine a trifle rubbed but internally fine, signed Argyll 1940 on first free endpaper and pencil notes by Argyll at the back; a useful group of catalogues (£60-80)

Provenance:
Ex libris William Frederic Lawrence, Cowesfield, Wilts, with his bookplate
Duke of Argyll.

The cataloguer of the Herpin sale explains the brevity of the entries therein by stating that he had only a fortnight in which to compile, print and publish the catalogue and that this “utterly precluded the possibility of doing more than has been done”