FRENCH REFERENCE FOUND Public Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 7, February 16, 2003, Article 8
FRENCH REFERENCE FOUND
In response to Gar Travis' request, R. W. Julian writes: "I
have this book; the title page has the author's name as J. B.
A. A. Barthelemy and it was published at Paris at "A La
Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret." There is no date. "Hadrien Rambach of Paris writes: "Anatole de Barthelemy
(= JBAA Barthelemy)
Nouveau manuel complet de numismatique ancienne
1 volume of text + 1 volume of plates (i.e. the atlas)
Fist (rare) edition : Paris 1866
Second edition : 1890The author also wrote a "Manuel de numismatique du
moyen-âge".Your edition is from the 2nd edition, according to the mention
"membre de l'Institut" (= member of the French Academy).Complete sets of two volumes are unusual, but no copy is
really expensive (the most expensive copy I know (mine!),
is the text-volume in the first ed. with the ex-librisses of
Henry Chapman & John W Scott, bound in half leather)."Gar Travis adds: "I came by my copy as a lining in the bottom
of a metal box with a few coins I purchased from an old
collection, some years ago. I have just moved into a new office
and came across it again. I thought about removing the plates
and having them framed, but common sense may prevail and
the book may stay together."- 2003-02-16
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