The Virtuoso's Companion and Coin Collector's Guide.
by Prattent, Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Published for the proprietor by M. Denton, 1795-1797.. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. 15, 8, 7pp., all indices. Eight volumes bound in two. First edition. Engraved title to each of the 4 volumes. Modern half brown goatskin over marbled boards. With an engraved frontispiece, 240 plates (depicting 960 tokens and coins). Sigler 686; Kress B3018 & B3278; Goldsmith 17067. An unusual early numismatist's pocket book. With the bookplate of John Bailey, M.O., Ipswich, dated 1761.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2021
- Title
- The Virtuoso's Companion and Coin Collector's Guide.
- Author
- Prattent, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Published for the proprietor by M. Denton, 1795-1797.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eighteenth Century Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Sam Gatteno Books
Biblio member since 2007
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Marbled boards
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...