SAMUEL-BERNARD
Description de l'Egypte. Mémoire sur les monnaies d'Egypte
Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
First edition of this memoir, extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, section Etat Moderne, Volume 1, 3rd fascicle. Illustrated with a plate of coins and tables (446-463p.). Fine printing on strong rag paper.
Full cream parchment-covered cardboard binding, modern. Smooth spine with black sheep title-label. Foxing on the first pages; two brown stains in the right margin gradually fading. Uncut copy, full-margined.
Remarkable memoir, perfectly exhaustive on the subject, on ancient and contemporary Egyptian coins. One will find even a bibliography of authors who have written on the subject, numerous chapters on manufacture, and a final section on the administration of coinage.
Full cream parchment-covered cardboard binding, modern. Smooth spine with black sheep title-label. Foxing on the first pages; two brown stains in the right margin gradually fading. Uncut copy, full-margined.
Remarkable memoir, perfectly exhaustive on the subject, on ancient and contemporary Egyptian coins. One will find even a bibliography of authors who have written on the subject, numerous chapters on manufacture, and a final section on the administration of coinage.
€500