First edition, cf. Quérard I, 271: only cites an edition "Paris, Née de La Rochelle, 1789." Kress B.1163. Goldsmiths 13858. Not in Einaudi.
With loose printed title pages for each volume, dated 1789.
The first volume, with an engraved title-frontispiece after Meunier, contains 52 double-page or folding plates inserted into the pagination, without following its numbering logic.
The second volume has an engraved title-frontispiece by Zaveris after Meunier and includes 154 etched plates of coins.
Full mottled calf, spines with six raised bands, gilt fillets and double gilt panels, red morocco title-pieces, green morocco volume labels, gilt rolls on the caps, double blind-ruled borders on covers, marbled endpapers, gilt fillets on edges, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some restorations to the bindings.
Unique edition, very rare (the 1789 printing to which our two additional title leaves would correspond does not seem to be attested despite Quérard’s mention).
An excellent copy on strong vellum paper, large-margined, with the spines elegantly decorated with special gilt tools.