Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 159 6 Mar 2021
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Special Presentation Copy Inscribed to Ernest Babelon
Florange, J. COLLECTION DE M. E. DEWAMIN, AUTEUR DE: CENT ANS DE NUMISMATIQUE FRANÇAISE (1789–1889). Paris, 17–22 juin 1901. Tall 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, decorated in blind with fleurs-de-lis and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 86 pages; 1932 lots; portrait engraving; 4 fine plates of coins. Printed on fine paper. Hand-priced in ink; original printed prices realized list laid in. Inscribed and signed to Ernest Babelon by Emile Dewamin on the title page. Binding scuffed and rubbed; contents fine. Printed on special paper and handsomely bound, this copy has been inscribed by Dewamin for Ernest Babelon, "mon maitre vénèré en témoignage de ma haute estime pour lui." A very important sale of modern French coins. Clain-Stefanelli 8986.
Florange, J. COLLECTION DE M. E. DEWAMIN, AUTEUR DE: CENT ANS DE NUMISMATIQUE FRANÇAISE (1789–1889). Paris, 17–22 juin 1901. Tall 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, decorated in blind with fleurs-de-lis and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. (4), 86 pages; 1932 lots; portrait engraving; 4 fine plates of coins. Printed on fine paper. Hand-priced in ink; original printed prices realized list laid in. Inscribed and signed to Ernest Babelon by Emile Dewamin on the title page. Binding scuffed and rubbed; contents fine. Printed on special paper and handsomely bound, this copy has been inscribed by Dewamin for Ernest Babelon, "mon maitre vénèré en témoignage de ma haute estime pour lui." A very important sale of modern French coins. Clain-Stefanelli 8986.