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Numismatique De L’Arménie Dans L’Antiquité

Classic Work on the Ancient Coins of Armenia Langlois, Victor. NUMISMATIQUE DE L’ARMÉNIE DANS L’ANTIQUITÉ. Paris: Bibliothèque Historique Arménienne, 1859. 4to, contemporary tan quarter calf, gilt, with mottled sides; spine with five raised bands, decorated in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers; decorative endpapers; marbled page edges. (12), xx, 87, (1) pages, 6 lithographic plates of coins engraved by Dardel. Spine rubbed and head chipped; very good or better. A scarce, classic work, of continued interest. Langlois was a fascinating person, publishing am impressive corpus of work in a number of different fields, all of them marked by complexity and difficulty, before dying at the age of 40. Leitzmann 73. Nercessian 478.