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Raoul-Rochette on Greek Coin Engravers
Raoul-Rochette, (Désiré). LETTRE À M. LE DUC DE LUYNES SUR LES GRAVEURS DES MONNAIES GRECQUES. Paris, 1831. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 49, (1) pages; title page with engraved coin image; text engraving; 4 well-engraved but unsigned plates of coins. Unopened. Spotted throughout, particularly at extremities; very good or better. Scarce, with very well-engraved plates. "One of the most learned and prolific archaeologists of the first half of the nineteenth century, Désiré Raoul Rochette (1790–1854), succeeded Millin as Keeper of the Cabinet des Médailles in 1818."-Babelon, 139. Leitzmann 112.
Raoul-Rochette, (Désiré). LETTRE À M. LE DUC DE LUYNES SUR LES GRAVEURS DES MONNAIES GRECQUES. Paris, 1831. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. (4), 49, (1) pages; title page with engraved coin image; text engraving; 4 well-engraved but unsigned plates of coins. Unopened. Spotted throughout, particularly at extremities; very good or better. Scarce, with very well-engraved plates. "One of the most learned and prolific archaeologists of the first half of the nineteenth century, Désiré Raoul Rochette (1790–1854), succeeded Millin as Keeper of the Cabinet des Médailles in 1818."-Babelon, 139. Leitzmann 112.