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Le Numismate: Bulletin Périodique
Hoffmann, H. LE NUMISMATE. BULLETIN PÉRIODIQUE ACCOMPAGNÉ D'UN CATALOGUE DE MÉDAILLES ET MONNAIES GRECQUES, ROMAINES, DU MOYEN AGE ET DES TEMPS MODERNES AVEC INDICATION DE LEURS PRIX. Paris, 1862–1864. 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco with mottled boards; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. Pagination irregular [c. 800 pages]; 8 lithographic plates. Very good or better. The collected edition, printed by Hoffmann in limited numbers after the publication was brought to a close for sale to more recent collectors who may not have received every issue. Very scarce. Issued as a periodical in 35 issues, but primarily a vehicle for fixed-price sales. The introductory pages of each issue of Le numismate are bound together toward the front in this edition, with the catalogue pages following. Hoffmann discusses the pagination on the verso of the title leaf.
Hoffmann, H. LE NUMISMATE. BULLETIN PÉRIODIQUE ACCOMPAGNÉ D'UN CATALOGUE DE MÉDAILLES ET MONNAIES GRECQUES, ROMAINES, DU MOYEN AGE ET DES TEMPS MODERNES AVEC INDICATION DE LEURS PRIX. Paris, 1862–1864. 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco with mottled boards; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. Pagination irregular [c. 800 pages]; 8 lithographic plates. Very good or better. The collected edition, printed by Hoffmann in limited numbers after the publication was brought to a close for sale to more recent collectors who may not have received every issue. Very scarce. Issued as a periodical in 35 issues, but primarily a vehicle for fixed-price sales. The introductory pages of each issue of Le numismate are bound together toward the front in this edition, with the catalogue pages following. Hoffmann discusses the pagination on the verso of the title leaf.