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Complete Set of the Best Edition of Cohen
Cohen, Henry, continuée par (Félix) Feuardent. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DES MONNAIES FRAPPÉES SOUS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN COMMUNÉMENT APPELÉES MÉDAILLES IMPÉRIALES. Deuxième édition. Paris: Chez MM. Rollin & Feuardent, 1880–1892. Eight volumes, complete. 8vo, matching contemporary red quarter morocco; spines with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; varying boards. xxvii, (1), 544; xvi, 446, (2); (4), 426, (2); (4), 532, (2); (4), 545, (3); (4), 570, (2); (4), 496; (4), 510, (2) pages; portrait plate with tissue guard; numerous attractive text illustrations of coins; size charts. Occasional annotations and inserts. Most volumes with some sprung signatures or with text blocks loose from binding. Very good or better if restored. A complete set of the scarce original printing of the best edition of this still widely utilized reference. Babelon 146–147: "Henri Cohen's vast compendia on the Roman series, worthy of comparison with Mionnet's equivalent work on the Greek, were soon regarded as better than anything that had previously been produced thanks to two vital qualities: the scrupulous accuracy of each description, and the omission of fake coins." Clain-Stefanelli 4015*. Grierson 74.
Cohen, Henry, continuée par (Félix) Feuardent. DESCRIPTION HISTORIQUE DES MONNAIES FRAPPÉES SOUS L'EMPIRE ROMAIN COMMUNÉMENT APPELÉES MÉDAILLES IMPÉRIALES. Deuxième édition. Paris: Chez MM. Rollin & Feuardent, 1880–1892. Eight volumes, complete. 8vo, matching contemporary red quarter morocco; spines with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; varying boards. xxvii, (1), 544; xvi, 446, (2); (4), 426, (2); (4), 532, (2); (4), 545, (3); (4), 570, (2); (4), 496; (4), 510, (2) pages; portrait plate with tissue guard; numerous attractive text illustrations of coins; size charts. Occasional annotations and inserts. Most volumes with some sprung signatures or with text blocks loose from binding. Very good or better if restored. A complete set of the scarce original printing of the best edition of this still widely utilized reference. Babelon 146–147: "Henri Cohen's vast compendia on the Roman series, worthy of comparison with Mionnet's equivalent work on the Greek, were soon regarded as better than anything that had previously been produced thanks to two vital qualities: the scrupulous accuracy of each description, and the omission of fake coins." Clain-Stefanelli 4015*. Grierson 74.