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Early Numismatic Society Publications
Numismatic Society of Philadelphia / Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. TWENTY-SEVEN PUBLICATIONS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME. Philadelphia: 1858–1889. Includes Constitution and By-Laws, 1858; Charter, Constitution, By-Laws (3 editions: 1865, 1870, 1883); Proceedings of the Society (10 editions: May 4, 1865 to December 31, 1866 with the $3 order form dated May 3, 1867 bound in, 1878–1879 combined, and for the years 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887–1889); Circular Relating to a Proposed Archaelogical Map; To the Memory of Hon. William Willis, LL.D., 1870, by Charles Henry Hart; Memoir of George Ticknor, 1871 by Charles Henry Hart; Presentation of a Silver Medal to Eli Price, March 20, 1879; On Falsifications of Ancient Coins, 1879, by S.K. Harzfeld; Act and Bull, 1880, by Lewis Scott; Some Modern Monetary Questions, 1880, by Robert Toppan; The Remains of an Aboriginal Encampment at Rehoboth Delaware, 1880, by Francis Jordan; Old and New Style Fixed Date Calendars, 1881, by John Baker; William Penn's Landing in Pennsylvania, 1881; William Beach Lawrence, 1881, by Charles Henry Hart; The Books of Chilan Balam, 1882, by Daniel Brinton; Proceedings... of the 25th Anniversary Celebration, January 1883. 8vo, later brown calf and marbled boards, gilt; spine with five raised bands. Spine and edges worn; very good. The official published records of the oldest numismatic organization in the country, complete for the period 1858–1889, along with several publications read before the Society. With the bookplate of C. Howard Colket, who joined the society in 1893 and served as its librarian from 1912–1919. Colket noted that this volume was bound on April 7, 1909 for the cost of $1.50. Founded in January 1858, three months before the formation of the American Numismatic Society, the Numismatic Society of Philadelphia was created when eight local numismatists "who had long felt the want of such an association, organized a society for the purpose of prosecuting their favorite study in a more systematic and satisfactory manner. The mania for coin collecting was then raging fiercely, and desires had arisen with very many persons to become better acquainted with the science" - Proceedings, 1867.
Numismatic Society of Philadelphia / Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. TWENTY-SEVEN PUBLICATIONS BOUND IN ONE VOLUME. Philadelphia: 1858–1889. Includes Constitution and By-Laws, 1858; Charter, Constitution, By-Laws (3 editions: 1865, 1870, 1883); Proceedings of the Society (10 editions: May 4, 1865 to December 31, 1866 with the $3 order form dated May 3, 1867 bound in, 1878–1879 combined, and for the years 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887–1889); Circular Relating to a Proposed Archaelogical Map; To the Memory of Hon. William Willis, LL.D., 1870, by Charles Henry Hart; Memoir of George Ticknor, 1871 by Charles Henry Hart; Presentation of a Silver Medal to Eli Price, March 20, 1879; On Falsifications of Ancient Coins, 1879, by S.K. Harzfeld; Act and Bull, 1880, by Lewis Scott; Some Modern Monetary Questions, 1880, by Robert Toppan; The Remains of an Aboriginal Encampment at Rehoboth Delaware, 1880, by Francis Jordan; Old and New Style Fixed Date Calendars, 1881, by John Baker; William Penn's Landing in Pennsylvania, 1881; William Beach Lawrence, 1881, by Charles Henry Hart; The Books of Chilan Balam, 1882, by Daniel Brinton; Proceedings... of the 25th Anniversary Celebration, January 1883. 8vo, later brown calf and marbled boards, gilt; spine with five raised bands. Spine and edges worn; very good. The official published records of the oldest numismatic organization in the country, complete for the period 1858–1889, along with several publications read before the Society. With the bookplate of C. Howard Colket, who joined the society in 1893 and served as its librarian from 1912–1919. Colket noted that this volume was bound on April 7, 1909 for the cost of $1.50. Founded in January 1858, three months before the formation of the American Numismatic Society, the Numismatic Society of Philadelphia was created when eight local numismatists "who had long felt the want of such an association, organized a society for the purpose of prosecuting their favorite study in a more systematic and satisfactory manner. The mania for coin collecting was then raging fiercely, and desires had arisen with very many persons to become better acquainted with the science" - Proceedings, 1867.