Kolbe & Fanning
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Boutkowski, Alexandre. DICTIONNAIRE NUMISMATIQUE POUR SERVIR DE GUIDE AUX AMATEURS, EXPERTS ET ACHETEURS DES MÉDAILLES ROMAINES IMPÉRIALES & GRECQUES COLONIALES AVEC INDICATION DE LEUR DEGRÉ DE RARETÉ ET DE LEUR PRIX ACTUEL AU XIXme SIÈCLE SUIVI D'UN RÉSUMÉ DES VENTES PUBLIQUES DE PARIS ET DE LONDRES. Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1877–1884. Small 4to, contemporary green quarter morocco mostly faded to brown; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; all page edges green; decorative endpapers. (4) pages; 1792 double columns; lxii pages; text engravings of coins; original printed paper covers bound in. Binding lightly worn; tail of spine with some loss; contents near fine. Very scarce. Envisioned as a longer work, the three parts bound together in this volume were all that were published. The Dictionnaire was published in parts, though the original printed paper covers bound into this copy are rarely encountered.
Boutkowski, Alexandre. DICTIONNAIRE NUMISMATIQUE POUR SERVIR DE GUIDE AUX AMATEURS, EXPERTS ET ACHETEURS DES MÉDAILLES ROMAINES IMPÉRIALES & GRECQUES COLONIALES AVEC INDICATION DE LEUR DEGRÉ DE RARETÉ ET DE LEUR PRIX ACTUEL AU XIXme SIÈCLE SUIVI D'UN RÉSUMÉ DES VENTES PUBLIQUES DE PARIS ET DE LONDRES. Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, 1877–1884. Small 4to, contemporary green quarter morocco mostly faded to brown; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; all page edges green; decorative endpapers. (4) pages; 1792 double columns; lxii pages; text engravings of coins; original printed paper covers bound in. Binding lightly worn; tail of spine with some loss; contents near fine. Very scarce. Envisioned as a longer work, the three parts bound together in this volume were all that were published. The Dictionnaire was published in parts, though the original printed paper covers bound into this copy are rarely encountered.