Live veiling - Lot 1464
[Numismatics]
Traité des monoyes [...].
Avignon, J. Jouve & J. Challiol, 1760
Hamerprijs: €
120
€ 100 / 150
Live bieden (Drouot*) Live bieden (Invaluable*)Biedingen zijn afgesloten.
Beschrijving lot
2 vol., 12mo: [2]-384-[3], [2]-392-[6] pp. (underlinings, some tears in both vol., occ. ff. sl. browned, marg. damp stain in the end of vol. II).
Contemp. marbled calf, gilt orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (rubbed, two heads & one tail def.).
Rare first and only edition of a work "très-utile pour gens de monoyes, orphèvres, changeurs, banquiers, et généralement pour tous ceux qui négocient en matière d'or et d'argent" (cf. titles). With information on how to process the gold and silver and in 2nd vol. calculations of different alloys.
Ref. BnF.