An assemblage of coins, . fabricated by authority of the archbishops of Canterbury : all the metropolitical coins, whether already published, or latent in the private cabinets, so far at least as the author's correspondence extends, are here engraved in one view, and illustrated with the proper commentary : an essay is annexed, in which some account is given of the origine, the variable fate and fortune, and the final determination of these inferior and subordinate mints [...] : to the whole are subjoined two dissertations on similar subjects [...] by Samuel Pegge [...].
Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3078840
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],iii,[1],125,[1]p.,plate . ill. . 4to.. The top edge of sigs. A1-2 (title page and conjugate) are uncut.. Provenance: Marked for purchase by Charles Winn (1795-1874) within bookseller's catalogue issued by John Russell Smith (NT65065: London: 1851, pt.VII, lot 878).. Binding: half paper; blue paper boards; manuscript vertical spine label: 'Pegge on coins'.
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Samuel Pegge (1704-1796)