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A Very Rare Set of Raczyński on Polish Coins
Raczyński, Edwarda Hr. GABINET MEDALÓW POLSKICH, ORAZ TYCH, KTÓRE SIĘ DZIEJÓW POLSKI TYCZĄ POCZĄWSZY OD... / LE MÉDAILLER DE POLOGNE, OU COLLECTION DE MÉDAILLES, AYANT RAPPORT... TOM I: NAJDAWNIÉJSZYCH AŻ DO KOŃCA PANOWANIA JANA III. (1513–1696). TOM II: NAJDAWNIÉJSZYCH AŻ DO KOŃCA PANOWANIA JANA III. (1513–1696). Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1845. Second editions. Two volumes. lxvii, (1), 415, (1) + (4), 427, (1) pages; over 260 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 1–260 plus numerous supplementary numbers, most of them engraved, some of them via medal-rule machine, as produced on 145 plates. [with] Raczyński, Edwarda Hr. GABINET MEDALÓW POLSKICH, ORAZ TYCH, KTÓRE SIĘ DZIEJÓW POLSKI TYCZĄ POCZĄWSZY OD... [TOM III:] WSTĄPIENIA NA TRON AUGUSTA II. AŻ DO ZGONU SYNA JEGO AUGUSTA III. (1697.–1763.). Poznań: Garbarach, 1841. (2), xxv, (5), 338 pages; 224 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 261–484, most of them engraved, some of them via medal-rule machine, as produced on 117 plates. [with] [TOM IV:] Z CZASÓW PANOWANIA STANISŁAWA AUGUSTA PRZEZ Ł.G. Wrocław: Henryka Richtera, 1843. (4), xxii, 314 pages; 152 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 485–636, engraved or produced via medal-rule machine, as produced on 95 plates. Four volumes total. Crown 4to, contemporary (original?) matching green pebbled cloth paneled in blind; spines lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges mottled. Occasional foxing and browning, but less than usual. Two folding plates in Tom III trimmed. Very good or better. The great foundational work on Polish historical medals. Rarely encountered complete. E.E. Clain-Stefanelli wrote (in Numismatics—An Ancient Science), “Edward H. Raczynski (1787–1845) ... and later Count Emeric Hutten-Czapski (1829–1896) ... helped to establish Poland’s prestige in numismatics.” Herstal called it an “elementarwerk”; Ryszard noted that the third volume is especially rare, and credits the fourth volume to Ł. Gołębiowski. Clain-Stefanelli 14919*. Grierson 267. Gumowski 3679. Leitzmann 110–111. Ryszard 69–70 (“naj rzadszy tom Gabinetu”).
Raczyński, Edwarda Hr. GABINET MEDALÓW POLSKICH, ORAZ TYCH, KTÓRE SIĘ DZIEJÓW POLSKI TYCZĄ POCZĄWSZY OD... / LE MÉDAILLER DE POLOGNE, OU COLLECTION DE MÉDAILLES, AYANT RAPPORT... TOM I: NAJDAWNIÉJSZYCH AŻ DO KOŃCA PANOWANIA JANA III. (1513–1696). TOM II: NAJDAWNIÉJSZYCH AŻ DO KOŃCA PANOWANIA JANA III. (1513–1696). Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1845. Second editions. Two volumes. lxvii, (1), 415, (1) + (4), 427, (1) pages; over 260 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 1–260 plus numerous supplementary numbers, most of them engraved, some of them via medal-rule machine, as produced on 145 plates. [with] Raczyński, Edwarda Hr. GABINET MEDALÓW POLSKICH, ORAZ TYCH, KTÓRE SIĘ DZIEJÓW POLSKI TYCZĄ POCZĄWSZY OD... [TOM III:] WSTĄPIENIA NA TRON AUGUSTA II. AŻ DO ZGONU SYNA JEGO AUGUSTA III. (1697.–1763.). Poznań: Garbarach, 1841. (2), xxv, (5), 338 pages; 224 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 261–484, most of them engraved, some of them via medal-rule machine, as produced on 117 plates. [with] [TOM IV:] Z CZASÓW PANOWANIA STANISŁAWA AUGUSTA PRZEZ Ł.G. Wrocław: Henryka Richtera, 1843. (4), xxii, 314 pages; 152 attractive illustrations of coins and medals, numbered 485–636, engraved or produced via medal-rule machine, as produced on 95 plates. Four volumes total. Crown 4to, contemporary (original?) matching green pebbled cloth paneled in blind; spines lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges mottled. Occasional foxing and browning, but less than usual. Two folding plates in Tom III trimmed. Very good or better. The great foundational work on Polish historical medals. Rarely encountered complete. E.E. Clain-Stefanelli wrote (in Numismatics—An Ancient Science), “Edward H. Raczynski (1787–1845) ... and later Count Emeric Hutten-Czapski (1829–1896) ... helped to establish Poland’s prestige in numismatics.” Herstal called it an “elementarwerk”; Ryszard noted that the third volume is especially rare, and credits the fourth volume to Ł. Gołębiowski. Clain-Stefanelli 14919*. Grierson 267. Gumowski 3679. Leitzmann 110–111. Ryszard 69–70 (“naj rzadszy tom Gabinetu”).