Akerman’s 1840 Numismatic Manual

Akerman, John Yonge. A NUMISMATIC MANUAL. London: Taylor & Walton, 1840. 8vo, contemporary blue cloth-backed mottled boards, gilt. xiv, (2), 420 pages; text illustrations; 17 lithographic and engraved plates. Binding somewhat worn at extremities, but sound. Very good. A readily available, but still rather interesting, early numismatic guidebook for collectors. Ex Edmund Nordheim Library, with his bookplate.