An essay on medals:. or, an introduction to the knowlege of ancient and modern coins and medals; especially those of Greece, Rome, and Britain.. By John Pinkerton.
John Pinkerton (1758-1826)
Category
Books
Date
1789
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3232760
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition, corrected, greatly enlarged, and illustrated with plates.. 2v.,plates. 8vo. Inserted cuttings. V.1: Three cuttings from a contemporary newspaper loosely inserted, two detailing a new coinage being produced to pay miners working for the Paris Mine Company on Anglesea and one, dated March 1788, detailing the increasing scarcity of earliest American coins.Provenance: v.1 fronded bookplate of Sir George Strickland of Boynton (1729-1808) (pasted over) and the red ink shelfmark of Boynton Hall: XVII.A.3. Both vols: Armorial bookplate of Charles Winn (1795-1874). Binding: Eighteenth-century full tree calf; recessed cords; spine gilt; black spine label: Pinkerton on medals'.
Makers and roles
John Pinkerton (1758-1826)