Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Lehr, Ernest. LES ÉCUS DE CINQ FRANCS AU POINT DE VUE DE LA NUMISMATIQUE ET DE L'HISTOIRE. Paris: Veuve Berger–Levrault et Fils, 1870. 8vo, contemporary black three-quarter morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. vii, (1), 111, (1) pages; 16 attractive plates of silver coins, printed in relief on metallic foil on a gray ground. The silver coin images have attractively toned. Minor wear to binding; near fine. A very attractive copy of this scarce book with embossed coin plates. The toned images are truly remarkable.
Lehr, Ernest. LES ÉCUS DE CINQ FRANCS AU POINT DE VUE DE LA NUMISMATIQUE ET DE L'HISTOIRE. Paris: Veuve Berger–Levrault et Fils, 1870. 8vo, contemporary black three-quarter morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt. vii, (1), 111, (1) pages; 16 attractive plates of silver coins, printed in relief on metallic foil on a gray ground. The silver coin images have attractively toned. Minor wear to binding; near fine. A very attractive copy of this scarce book with embossed coin plates. The toned images are truly remarkable.