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Snowden, James Ross. A DESCRIPTION OF ANCIENT AND MODERN COINS, IN THE CABINET COLLECTION AT THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf, gilt; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; black morocco spine labels, gilt; marbled endpapers; all page edges marbled. Frontispiece medallion plate engraved via medal ruling machine; xix, (2), 22–412 pages; text illustrations; folding statement; 27 plates of coins printed in relief with metallic tints, on a dark brown background. Plates toned, as usual; binding worn, with one spine label chipped, but sound; previous owner's stamp. Very good. The first complete catalogue of coins in the Mint Collection, compiled by George Bull with the assistance of William E. Du Bois, assistant assayer and curator of the cabinet at the time. It is widely known by its original spine title: The Mint Manual of Coins of All Nations. The attractive embossed coin plates represent the first extensive American use of this novel and attractive method of illustration. Clain-Stefanelli 12543.