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Consecutive Run of the Numismatic Chronicle
Royal Numismatic Society. THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE. Third Series, Volumes XVIII–XX and Fourth Series, Volumes I–XI (London, 1898–1911). Fourteen consecutive volumes in matching bindings. 8vo, contemporary gray cloth-backed mottled boards, gilt. Several with Kurt Regling's engraved bookplate. A few with tears to cloth at spine; generally very good. One of the truly great scholarly numismatic periodicals, certainly the most important ever published in the English language. Within a six-year period, Revue numismatique, the Numismatic Chronicle, and Revue belge de numismatique began publication, and today all three remain indispensable storehouses of information on ancient coins, medieval and modern numismatics (especially relating to their respective countries of publication), and on a wide variety of other numismatic topics. Beginning in 1889, virtually all coin illustrations within the Chronicle were reproduced on superb autotype plates, which allow for enlargement of detail under magnification. This innovation, combined with the prolific output of the superb ensemble of numismatists centered around the British Museum, produced a body of numismatic research that today remains of inestimable utility. Clain-Stefanelli 776. Grierson 19. Ex Dr. Kurt Regling Library.
Royal Numismatic Society. THE NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE. Third Series, Volumes XVIII–XX and Fourth Series, Volumes I–XI (London, 1898–1911). Fourteen consecutive volumes in matching bindings. 8vo, contemporary gray cloth-backed mottled boards, gilt. Several with Kurt Regling's engraved bookplate. A few with tears to cloth at spine; generally very good. One of the truly great scholarly numismatic periodicals, certainly the most important ever published in the English language. Within a six-year period, Revue numismatique, the Numismatic Chronicle, and Revue belge de numismatique began publication, and today all three remain indispensable storehouses of information on ancient coins, medieval and modern numismatics (especially relating to their respective countries of publication), and on a wide variety of other numismatic topics. Beginning in 1889, virtually all coin illustrations within the Chronicle were reproduced on superb autotype plates, which allow for enlargement of detail under magnification. This innovation, combined with the prolific output of the superb ensemble of numismatists centered around the British Museum, produced a body of numismatic research that today remains of inestimable utility. Clain-Stefanelli 776. Grierson 19. Ex Dr. Kurt Regling Library.