General Fox’s Outstanding Greek Rarities

Fox, Lieutenant-General C.R. ENGRAVINGS OF UNEDITED OR RARE GREEK COINS. WITH DESCRIPTIONS. PART I. EUROPE. [bound with] ENGRAVINGS OF UNPUBLISHED OR RARE GREEK COINS. WITH DESCRIPTIONS. PART II: ASIA AND AFRICA. London: Bell and Daldy, 1856 & 1862. Two volumes, bound in one. 4to, later full tan morocco; sides bordered in gilt; spine ruled and lettered in gilt; all page edges red. 28 + vii, (1), 32 pages; 10 + 8 plates of coins, finely engraved by L. Dardel, West & Co., and J. Basire, illustrating all 281 coins described. Moderate foxing; binding rubbed. Very good or better. Complete and rarely encountered. Based on the author’s magnificent collection of Greek coins, which was acquired en bloc by the Berlin cabinet. Babelon 176: “The publication of previously unrecorded coins from General Fox’s collection placed first class coins on each and every square of the chessboard of Greek numismatics.” Daehn 2043: “A monograph publishing 281 selected rare Greek coins from the author’s collection, beginning with Massalia in France and extending to the Island of Siphnos. Accompanied by engraved plates illustrating the coins.” Leitzmann 43.