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A Large-Paper Set of Burns
Burns, Edward. THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND. ILLUSTRATED FROM THE CABINET OF THOMAS COATS, ESQ. OF FERGUSLIE AND OTHER COLLECTIONS. Edinburgh, 1887. Three volumes. Folio [35 by 28.5 cm], original matching crimson half morocco with marbled paper sides, gilt; double gilt fillets on all boards; spines with five raised bands, lettered and ruled in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; deckle outer and bottom page edges. xxiii, (1), 365, (1); xviii, 556; vi, (162) pages; 79 fine Gravure Héliographique plates of coins with tissue guards. Binding with minor wear and discoloration; staining to rear pastedown of first volume; very good or better. A most handsome production; one of only 45 Large Paper Copies issued, of a total edition of 545 sets. With a handwritten presentation note tipped onto the front flyleaf "With the compliments of the family," signed "Ferguslie" (the home of Thomas Coats, upon whose cabinet Burns drew to compile his masterwork and whom Burns glowingly discusses in his opening pages). Coats died in 1883, before the work was completed; Burns himself died in 1886, and the book was actually brought to completion by George Sim. Specially printed on thick, laid, watermarked John Dickinson & Co. paper, it is well-preserved, with only moderate wear to the binding and clean, fresh interiors. Clain-Stefanelli 11257. Grierson 183. Manville 530. Ex John G. Murray Library, with his armorial bookplate in all three volumes.
Burns, Edward. THE COINAGE OF SCOTLAND. ILLUSTRATED FROM THE CABINET OF THOMAS COATS, ESQ. OF FERGUSLIE AND OTHER COLLECTIONS. Edinburgh, 1887. Three volumes. Folio [35 by 28.5 cm], original matching crimson half morocco with marbled paper sides, gilt; double gilt fillets on all boards; spines with five raised bands, lettered and ruled in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; deckle outer and bottom page edges. xxiii, (1), 365, (1); xviii, 556; vi, (162) pages; 79 fine Gravure Héliographique plates of coins with tissue guards. Binding with minor wear and discoloration; staining to rear pastedown of first volume; very good or better. A most handsome production; one of only 45 Large Paper Copies issued, of a total edition of 545 sets. With a handwritten presentation note tipped onto the front flyleaf "With the compliments of the family," signed "Ferguslie" (the home of Thomas Coats, upon whose cabinet Burns drew to compile his masterwork and whom Burns glowingly discusses in his opening pages). Coats died in 1883, before the work was completed; Burns himself died in 1886, and the book was actually brought to completion by George Sim. Specially printed on thick, laid, watermarked John Dickinson & Co. paper, it is well-preserved, with only moderate wear to the binding and clean, fresh interiors. Clain-Stefanelli 11257. Grierson 183. Manville 530. Ex John G. Murray Library, with his armorial bookplate in all three volumes.