The Medallic History of England to the Revolution. With forty plates.

1790 COINS Medallic History of England Pinkerton Medals Numismatics Engravings

John Pinkerton's "Medallic History of England" is a late 18th-century treatise on the development of coins and medals in England. This book is one of the best and most desirable histories of English numismatics much in part to the collection of large engravings. According to the preface of this work, it is the first book which "lays a complete series of English Medals down to the Revolution."

Item number: #13620

Price: $599

PINKERTON, John

The Medallic History of England to the Revolution. With forty plates.

London : Edwards and Son, 1790

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

o iv, 112

o 40 engraved plates with hundreds of engraved coins

· Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Marquis of Clanricarde

o Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, KP, PC (Ire) (1742 – 1797), styled Lord Dunkellin from birth to 1782, was an Irish peer and politician.

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; tight & secure

· Size: ~13.5in X 10.75in (34cm x 27.5cm)

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