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Coins of the Byzantines and Their Contemporaries
[British Museum]. Wroth, Warwick. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPERIAL BYZANTINE COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1908. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, original straight-grained red half roan, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. cxii, 312 + (2), (313)–687, (1) pages; tables; 2 fine frontispiece plates; 77 additional fine autotype plates of coins. Bindings worn; very good. [with] Wroth, Warwick. CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF THE VANDALS, OSTROGOTHS AND LOMBARDS AND OF THE EMPIRES OF THESSALONICA, NICAEA AND TREBIZOND IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1911. 8vo, original straight-grained red half roan, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. xciv, (2), 344 pages; fine frontispiece coin plate; 42 additional fine autotype plates of coins; table. Binding worn; very good. Original editions of these works, still important references. The autotype plates are far superior to those found in the reprints. Clain-Stefanelli 5423* & 5613*. Grierson 109 & 110. Kroh 94: "many of its conclusions have been superseded by recent research on the subject, but it is still useful in that it does illustrate a great deal of material. Originals are difficult to find."
[British Museum]. Wroth, Warwick. CATALOGUE OF THE IMPERIAL BYZANTINE COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1908. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, original straight-grained red half roan, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. cxii, 312 + (2), (313)–687, (1) pages; tables; 2 fine frontispiece plates; 77 additional fine autotype plates of coins. Bindings worn; very good. [with] Wroth, Warwick. CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF THE VANDALS, OSTROGOTHS AND LOMBARDS AND OF THE EMPIRES OF THESSALONICA, NICAEA AND TREBIZOND IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. London, 1911. 8vo, original straight-grained red half roan, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. xciv, (2), 344 pages; fine frontispiece coin plate; 42 additional fine autotype plates of coins; table. Binding worn; very good. Original editions of these works, still important references. The autotype plates are far superior to those found in the reprints. Clain-Stefanelli 5423* & 5613*. Grierson 109 & 110. Kroh 94: "many of its conclusions have been superseded by recent research on the subject, but it is still useful in that it does illustrate a great deal of material. Originals are difficult to find."