Essai sur le classement chronologique des médailles grecques

Rare first edition, limited to 50 copies.

A single copy recorded in the CCF (BnF).

Contemporary cream boards, smooth spine, the original printed front wrapper preserved and mounted on the upper cover.

Spine split, boards darkened, clean and pleasant internal condition.

The Toulon scholar Pons (1789–1836) is known both for his studies on the history of his native city and for his research in numismatics (a substantial portion of his posthumous manuscripts was devoted to this field).

On the title page, a signed autograph presentation inscription from Ange-Thomas-Zénon Pons to the celebrated archaeologist and epigraphist Jean-Antoine Letronne (1787–1848), with his ink stamp alongside.