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Auction 159  6 Mar 2021
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Lot 100

Starting price: 200 USD
Price realized: 950 USD
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Extremely Rare Work on Minting Techniques
Francoeur, M. RAPPORT FAIT À LA SOCIÉTÉ D'ENCOURAGEMENT POUR L'INDUSTRIE NATIONALE, AU NOM DU COMITÉ DES ARTS MÉCANIQUES, PAR M. FRANCOEUR, SUR LA MACHINE MONÉTAIRE DE M. THONNELIER, INGÉNIEUR-MECANICIEN... Paris: Imprimerie de Madame Huzard, 1836. 4to, modern brown cloth, gilt. 12 pages; 2 large folding engraved plates depicting schematics of Thonnelier's coining press. Minor spotting; Near fine. A very rare offprint from the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie nationale, for juin 1836. Ex Adolph Hess Library (April 1991 Busso Peus sale, lot 8055); originally included in the Hess Library bound with unrelated works, and separately bound by Margolis. Not in Engel & Serrure.
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