Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Widdrington Collection of Jacobite Medals
Skeet, Francis John Angus. CATALOGUE OF JACOBITE MEDALS AND TOUCH-PIECES WITH DESCRIPTIONS FROM STANDARD WORKS OF AUTHORITY OF ALL THAT WERE MINTED FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IX IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS MARIA WIDDRINGTON WITH ADDITIONS TO HER COLLECTION SINCE 1930. Leeds: John Whitehead & Son, 1938. Crown 4to, contemporary white cloth, gilt. 52, (2) pages, printed on handmade paper. Tipped in following the main work is a copy of Henry Stuart Wheatly-Crowe's 1938 Chivalry (1904–1938). The Order of the Crown of Stuart and the Memorial of Merit of King Charles: Their Companionage and Dignities, with a handwritten presentation note from the author tipped into it. Near fine. First and only edition. Rare. Manville 953.
Skeet, Francis John Angus. CATALOGUE OF JACOBITE MEDALS AND TOUCH-PIECES WITH DESCRIPTIONS FROM STANDARD WORKS OF AUTHORITY OF ALL THAT WERE MINTED FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IX IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS MARIA WIDDRINGTON WITH ADDITIONS TO HER COLLECTION SINCE 1930. Leeds: John Whitehead & Son, 1938. Crown 4to, contemporary white cloth, gilt. 52, (2) pages, printed on handmade paper. Tipped in following the main work is a copy of Henry Stuart Wheatly-Crowe's 1938 Chivalry (1904–1938). The Order of the Crown of Stuart and the Memorial of Merit of King Charles: Their Companionage and Dignities, with a handwritten presentation note from the author tipped into it. Near fine. First and only edition. Rare. Manville 953.