| Description |
An Original Maris on New Jersey Philadelphia: Printed by William K. Bellows, 1881. Elephant folio [48 by 31 cm], original brown cloth; both boards embossed in blind; front cover lettered in gilt. 16, (2) pages; very fine double-page phototype plate of coins by Gutekunst, bound in on hinge. Clain-Stefanelli 12225*. Cloth binding worn at extremities and stained at upper fore-edge. Very good. The classic, still standard reference work and one of the great rarities in the literature of Colonial American numismatics. Estimate $1,200. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15334 (realized $1800).
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