Kolbe & Fanning
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Rare 1760 Work on Coining
Bettange, Mr. de. TRAITƒ DES MONOYES, CONTENANT DES INSTRUCTIONS POUR LA PARTIE DES MONOYES, UN RECUEIL DES ESPæCES D'OR & D'ARGENT FABRIQUƒES DEPUIS PHARAMOND JUSQU'Ë PRƒSENT, LEUR TITRE, POIDS ET VALEUR; AVEC UN TRAITƒ DES REGLES D'ALLIAGE D'OR & D'ARGENT, & UNE MƒTHODE AISƒE POUR LES FAIRE SOI-MæME. A Avignon: chez Jean Jouve & Jean Challiol, 1760. Two volumes. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary matching full mottled calf; flat spines decorated in gilt; gilt spine labels; board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges red. (2), 384, (4) + (2), 392, (8) pages; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Moderately rubbed; very good. The only edition of a rare treatise on coinage. Intended for use by coiners, goldsmiths, bankers, money changers and others, it includes, in addition to technical information on the manufacture of gold and silver coins and the regulations covering these metals, a history of money. The second volume is primarily concerned with the various alloys. Dekesel B323. Engel et Serrure 574. Lipsius 42.
Estimate: 750 USD
Bettange, Mr. de. TRAITƒ DES MONOYES, CONTENANT DES INSTRUCTIONS POUR LA PARTIE DES MONOYES, UN RECUEIL DES ESPæCES D'OR & D'ARGENT FABRIQUƒES DEPUIS PHARAMOND JUSQU'Ë PRƒSENT, LEUR TITRE, POIDS ET VALEUR; AVEC UN TRAITƒ DES REGLES D'ALLIAGE D'OR & D'ARGENT, & UNE MƒTHODE AISƒE POUR LES FAIRE SOI-MæME. A Avignon: chez Jean Jouve & Jean Challiol, 1760. Two volumes. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary matching full mottled calf; flat spines decorated in gilt; gilt spine labels; board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges red. (2), 384, (4) + (2), 392, (8) pages; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Moderately rubbed; very good. The only edition of a rare treatise on coinage. Intended for use by coiners, goldsmiths, bankers, money changers and others, it includes, in addition to technical information on the manufacture of gold and silver coins and the regulations covering these metals, a history of money. The second volume is primarily concerned with the various alloys. Dekesel B323. Engel et Serrure 574. Lipsius 42.
Estimate: 750 USD