| Description |
Bound Volume of 18th-century English Auction Catalogues, Many Priced & NamedCrown 4to, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt with a gilt impression of a crest near the head; marbled endpapers. Includes 13 catalogues: Cock (8 March 1741-2 and following, Edward Earl of Oxford, antiquities); Cock (18 March 1741-2 and following, Edward Earl of Oxford, coins); Ford (8 December 1757 and following, James Simon); Prestage and Hobbs (5 April 1762); Prestage (8-9 May 1760, Dr. Kennedy) on thick paper; Prestage (24 January 1760, Edmund Hammond); Paterson (10 April 1759); Paterson (27 April 1759, Edward Steele); Paterson (10 May 1759); Paterson (24 May 1759); Prestage (26 April 1760); Langford (7 March 1770 and following, Lady Elizabeth Germain); Cooper, 18 February and following, Charles-Christian Reisen. Many priced and named, though in some cases the annotations are affected by trimming. Larger format catalogues are in some cases accommodated by folding. A rare and exceptional gathering, from the library of the greatest British coin dealer of his day. Binding rubbed and worn, but sound and quite attractive. Estimate $500. Ex: Matthew Young (d. 1837). Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15189 (realized $1920).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11048 |
