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Auction 162 22 Jan 2022
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Jean Rousseau's French Feudal Coins
Fillon, Benjamin. COLLECTION JEAN ROUSSEAU. MONNAIES FÉODALES FRANÇAISES. Paris: Chez M. Rousseau, 1860 / Rollin & Feuardent, 25–28 février 1861. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Tinted engraved frontispiece; title printed in red and black; (6), xxxv, (3), 223, (1) pages; text illustrations; 5 lithographic plates of coins. Original printed prices realized list laid in. Unopened; covers spotted. Near fine. Rare, especially with the prices realized list. A very thorough catalogue of an outstanding collection of French feudal coins, catalogued by Benjamin Fillon (with a lengthy introduction), and then sold at auction by Rollin & Feuardent using Fillon's catalogue as the auction catalogue. Rousseau published the work and the lithographic plates were based on his own drawings. Engel & Serrure 2561. Leitzmann 119.
Fillon, Benjamin. COLLECTION JEAN ROUSSEAU. MONNAIES FÉODALES FRANÇAISES. Paris: Chez M. Rousseau, 1860 / Rollin & Feuardent, 25–28 février 1861. 8vo, original printed paper covers. Tinted engraved frontispiece; title printed in red and black; (6), xxxv, (3), 223, (1) pages; text illustrations; 5 lithographic plates of coins. Original printed prices realized list laid in. Unopened; covers spotted. Near fine. Rare, especially with the prices realized list. A very thorough catalogue of an outstanding collection of French feudal coins, catalogued by Benjamin Fillon (with a lengthy introduction), and then sold at auction by Rollin & Feuardent using Fillon's catalogue as the auction catalogue. Rousseau published the work and the lithographic plates were based on his own drawings. Engel & Serrure 2561. Leitzmann 119.