Ernest BABELON
Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la République romaine vulgairement appelées monnaies consulaires
Rollin et Feuardent|Paris • & Londres 1885-1886|15.50 x 24 cm|2 volumes reliés
Rare first edition.
Half navy sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners of second volume bumped with minor damage, contemporary bindings.
Some rubbing to binding edges, light dampstains to top edges and first leaves of each volume, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with numerous text figures.
Rare copy of this reference work on Roman numismatics.
Half navy sheep bindings, smooth spines faded and decorated with triple gilt fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, upper corners of second volume bumped with minor damage, contemporary bindings.
Some rubbing to binding edges, light dampstains to top edges and first leaves of each volume, otherwise handsome interior condition.
Work illustrated with numerous text figures.
Rare copy of this reference work on Roman numismatics.
€800