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The Matthew Young Edition of Snelling
Snelling, T. SNELLING ON THE COINS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, ETC. IN DETACHED PIECES, AS FOLLOWS: I: GOLD COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1763. (2), (2), iv, 36 pages. II: SILVER COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1762. (2), 55, (1) pages. III: COPPER COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1766. (4), 46, 6 pages. IV: SILVER COIN AND COINAGE OF SCOTLAND... 1774. (4), 20 pages. V: GOLD SILVER ETC. COINS STRUCK IN FRANCE ... BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.. ... IN THE WEST INDIA COLONIES... 1769. (4), 53, (1) pages. VI: IRISH COINS IN SILVER AND COPPER... No date of publication. 8 pages. VII: ORIGINS, NATURE AND USE OF JETTONS OR COUNTERS... 1769. (2), 2, 16 pages. London: Sold by the Proprietor, M. Young, 1823. Seven works in one volume, with six separate title pages and 70 attractively engraved copper plates of coins and tokens. Folio, somewhat later brown quarter morocco with decorative sides; tan spine label, lettered in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, but sound. A near fine copy. A well-preserved example of this scarce collected edition published by dealer Matthew Young (more commonly seen is the J. Thane edition, published sometime after 1774). Thomas Snelling was one of the principal London coin dealers of his day and was, needless to say, a prolific author. This appears to be the second collected edition of all of his major works, which were influential and of considerable significance at the time. The fifth work is justly famous for including 18th-century engravings of American colonial coins including Massachusetts silver. This copy is larger than usually seen (it was only slightly trimmed in binding) and has no serious faults.
Snelling, T. SNELLING ON THE COINS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, ETC. IN DETACHED PIECES, AS FOLLOWS: I: GOLD COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1763. (2), (2), iv, 36 pages. II: SILVER COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1762. (2), 55, (1) pages. III: COPPER COIN AND COINAGE OF ENGLAND... 1766. (4), 46, 6 pages. IV: SILVER COIN AND COINAGE OF SCOTLAND... 1774. (4), 20 pages. V: GOLD SILVER ETC. COINS STRUCK IN FRANCE ... BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.. ... IN THE WEST INDIA COLONIES... 1769. (4), 53, (1) pages. VI: IRISH COINS IN SILVER AND COPPER... No date of publication. 8 pages. VII: ORIGINS, NATURE AND USE OF JETTONS OR COUNTERS... 1769. (2), 2, 16 pages. London: Sold by the Proprietor, M. Young, 1823. Seven works in one volume, with six separate title pages and 70 attractively engraved copper plates of coins and tokens. Folio, somewhat later brown quarter morocco with decorative sides; tan spine label, lettered in gilt. Binding lightly rubbed, but sound. A near fine copy. A well-preserved example of this scarce collected edition published by dealer Matthew Young (more commonly seen is the J. Thane edition, published sometime after 1774). Thomas Snelling was one of the principal London coin dealers of his day and was, needless to say, a prolific author. This appears to be the second collected edition of all of his major works, which were influential and of considerable significance at the time. The fifth work is justly famous for including 18th-century engravings of American colonial coins including Massachusetts silver. This copy is larger than usually seen (it was only slightly trimmed in binding) and has no serious faults.