Complete Original Set of Mionnet

Mionnet, T.E. DESCRIPTION DE MÉDAILLES ANTIQUES, GRECQUES ET ROMAINES, AVEC LEUR DEGRÉ DE RARETÉ ET LEUR ESTIMATION; OUVRAGE SERVANT DE CATALOGUE À UNE SUITE DE PLUS DE VINGT MILLE EMPREINTES EN SOUFRE, PRISES SUR LES PIÈCES ORIGINALES. TOME PREMIER–TOME SIXIÈME. [with] SUPPLÉMENT. TOME PREMIER–NEUVIÈME. [with] RECUEIL DES PLANCHES. Paris, 1806–1837. Sixteen volumes complete. 12mo, somewhat later green cloth, gilt. 9428 pages; 198 well-engraved plates, mostly depicting coins. Occasional institutional markings. Very good or better. The rare original edition of this monumental work, still consulted with profit. “A remarkable figure in numismatics at the turn of the century was the Frenchman Theodore-Edme Mionnet (1770–1842), who joined the Cabinet des Médailles in 1795. Strongly influenced by the classical tendencies of his age, he pursued ideals of disseminating knowledge of ancient coins among wider circles ... he published descriptions of the type, history and rarity.... Eventually the publications grew into a considerable work, Description des médailles antiques grecques et romaines aver leur degré de rareté et leur estimation, published between 1806 and 1813 in six volumes with an additional volume of plates. The Supplément, in nine volumes, was issued between 1819 and 1837. In this largest publication (up to that time) on Greek coins, Mionnet succeeded in describing over 52,000 pieces. Although the work is not flawless and its scholarly standards are lowered by a continuous preoccupation with establishing the commercial value of coins, it still remains, through its wealth of information, an invaluable reference.” — Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli, Numismatics—An Ancient Science. Babelon pages 132–136. Bassoli 45. Clain-Stefanelli 1855*. Daehn 165. Ex University of London Library, deaccessed, with their interior ink stamps but with few other indications of past ownership.