Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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With the Supplement, Charmingly Bound
Darier, Hugues. TABLEAU DU TITRE, POIDS ET VALEUR, DES DIFFÉRENTES MONNAIES D'OR ET D'ARGENT, QUI CIRCULENT DANS LE COMERCE, AVEC EMPREINTES... Genève, 1807. Small 4to, contemporary red half calf with both sides impressed in gilt with the arms of Charles Bastard of Geneva; spine ruled, lettered and dated in gilt. Engraved title; (4), 86 + (2), 4 pages; tables; 41 + 42–52 attractively engraved plates of contemporary coins of the world. Pages spotted as usually seen; supplementary plates stained. Very good. An interesting work in a charming binding. The engraved plates include many world coins, including U.S. coins and Spanish-American coins that circulated in America. Usually encountered without the supplement. Leitzmann 31. Ex Charles Bastard, of Geneva, with his 1885-dated engraved bookplate.
Darier, Hugues. TABLEAU DU TITRE, POIDS ET VALEUR, DES DIFFÉRENTES MONNAIES D'OR ET D'ARGENT, QUI CIRCULENT DANS LE COMERCE, AVEC EMPREINTES... Genève, 1807. Small 4to, contemporary red half calf with both sides impressed in gilt with the arms of Charles Bastard of Geneva; spine ruled, lettered and dated in gilt. Engraved title; (4), 86 + (2), 4 pages; tables; 41 + 42–52 attractively engraved plates of contemporary coins of the world. Pages spotted as usually seen; supplementary plates stained. Very good. An interesting work in a charming binding. The engraved plates include many world coins, including U.S. coins and Spanish-American coins that circulated in America. Usually encountered without the supplement. Leitzmann 31. Ex Charles Bastard, of Geneva, with his 1885-dated engraved bookplate.