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Jones, Mark. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRENCH MEDALS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VOLUME 1: AD 1402-1610. London, 1982. 4to, original black and green cloth, gilt; jacket. 282 pages; numerous illustrations of medals. Laid in is a copy of the offprint of Jones's "'Proof Stones of History': The Status of Medals as Historical Evidence in Seventeenth-Century France," and correspondence relating to Mark Salton's abstract of it written for Numismatic Literature. Near fine. An excellent work, lavishly illustrated. Essential for the time period. Very scarce.
Jones, Mark. A CATALOGUE OF THE FRENCH MEDALS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. VOLUME 1: AD 1402-1610. London, 1982. 4to, original black and green cloth, gilt; jacket. 282 pages; numerous illustrations of medals. Laid in is a copy of the offprint of Jones's "'Proof Stones of History': The Status of Medals as Historical Evidence in Seventeenth-Century France," and correspondence relating to Mark Salton's abstract of it written for Numismatic Literature. Near fine. An excellent work, lavishly illustrated. Essential for the time period. Very scarce.