Kolbe & Fanning
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The 1819 London Edition, in French
(Millin, Aubin Louis, and James Millingen). HISTOIRE MÉTALLIQUE DE NAPOLÉON; OU, RECUEIL DES MÉDAILLES ET DES MONNAIES, QUI ONT ÉTÉ FRAPPÉES DEPUIS LA PREMIÈRE CAMPAGNE DE L'ARMÉE D'ITALIE JUSQU'À SON ABDICATION EN 1815. [bound with] SUPPLÉMENT. London: Imprimé pour l'Éditeur, 1819, 1821. 4to, modern black cloth and decorative sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. vi, (2), 119, (1), 41, (1) pages; 74 plates. A few old tape repairs; occasional foxing; very good. The scarce classic work on Napoleonic medals and coins, with the supplement published two years later bound in. Especially significant for being the first work on Napoleonic numismatics to be substantially illustrated. Interestingly, the Castorland jeton is catalogued as number 130 and is illustrated on the first plate. Clain-Stefanelli 14541. Leitzmann 90.
(Millin, Aubin Louis, and James Millingen). HISTOIRE MÉTALLIQUE DE NAPOLÉON; OU, RECUEIL DES MÉDAILLES ET DES MONNAIES, QUI ONT ÉTÉ FRAPPÉES DEPUIS LA PREMIÈRE CAMPAGNE DE L'ARMÉE D'ITALIE JUSQU'À SON ABDICATION EN 1815. [bound with] SUPPLÉMENT. London: Imprimé pour l'Éditeur, 1819, 1821. 4to, modern black cloth and decorative sides; spine ruled and lettered in gilt. vi, (2), 119, (1), 41, (1) pages; 74 plates. A few old tape repairs; occasional foxing; very good. The scarce classic work on Napoleonic medals and coins, with the supplement published two years later bound in. Especially significant for being the first work on Napoleonic numismatics to be substantially illustrated. Interestingly, the Castorland jeton is catalogued as number 130 and is illustrated on the first plate. Clain-Stefanelli 14541. Leitzmann 90.