HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) - Ancient Coins and Medals, FIRST EDITION, Repoussee binding, 1850; The C...

HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) - COINS and MEDALS HUMPHREYS (HENRY NOEL) Ancient Coins and Medals, FIRST EDITION, half-title, title printed in red and black and gold, 114 facsimile coins in gold, silver and bronze reproduced in relief by the Barclay process and mounted in sunken mounts in 10 thick card leaves, browning and off-setting to pages facing plates, publisher's green repoussé binding with title in central roundel on both covers, red edges, spine slightly faded and rubbed, Grant and Griffith, 1850; The Coinage of the British Empire... Illustrated by Facsimiles of the Coins of Each Period, Worked in Gold, Silver and Copper, second edition, 12 chromolithographed plates, some off-setting, original morocco-backed black papier mâché overlaid on dark red paper, the sides decorated with large Royal Arms of Henry VIII with emblematic floral corner-pieces, foot of spine worn but generally bright, slipcase [McLean VPB, p.59; VBD, p.112], David Bogue, 1855, 8vo; and 3 others, copies of the William Smith edition of The Coinage of the British Empire in variant bindings (5) Footnotes: Provenance: First, A.G. Hartland, bookseller's invoice ('10s.', 1918) tipped onto front free endpaper; Gloucestershire County Library, stamp on verso of title. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing