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Auction 167  10 Jun 2023
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Bettange, Mr. de. TRAITÉ DES MONOYES, CONTENANT DES INSTRUCTIONS POUR LA PARTIE DES MONOYES, UN RECUEIL DES ESPÊCES D'OR & D'ARGENT FABRIQUÉES DEPUIS PHARAMOND JUSQU'À PRÉSENT, LEUR TITRE, POIDS ET VALEUR; AVEC UN TRAITÉ DES REGLES D'ALLIAGE D'OR & D'ARGENT, & UNE MÉTHODE AISÉE POUR LES FAIRE SOI-MÊME. A Avignon: chez Jean Jouve & Jean Challiol, 1760. Two volumes. 12mo [17 by 10 cm], contemporary matching full mottled calf; spines with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red spine labels, gilt; board edges ruled in gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges red. (2), 384, (4) + (2), 392, (8) pages; woodcut headpieces, tailpieces and initials. Moderately rubbed; penciled collation notes; very good or better. 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.
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