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JOBERT. L. |
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The Knowledge of Medals: or Instructions for those who apply Themselves to the Study of Medals, both Ancient and Modern……The Second Edition. To which is added An Essay concerning The Error in Distributing Modern Medals. By Joseph Addison. London, for E. C |
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Small octavo, pp. xii, 156; woodcut headings, initial letters; paper with some very minor browning. A good copy attractively bound in recent polished half calf, red label, gilt; marbled boards. £125
This English translation was made by the antiquary Roger Gale, and first published in 1697. It contains pertinent material including comments on the rarity and value of coins, on counterfeiting and how to detect counterfeit coins, and advice on the studying of medals. The present edition is the second edition in English and is the same date as the second Paris edition.
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