Leblond’s Scarce Study of the Pellerin Collection

[Pellerin]. Le Blond, Abbé. OBSERVATIONS SUR QUELQUES MÉDAILLES DU CABINET DE M. PELLERIN. Second edition. Paris: Chez Barrois l’aîné, 1823. 4to, later full tan morocco; spine with two raised bands, lettered in brown; brown endpapers. (4), 80 pages; engraved figure; 2 finely engraved plates. Near fine. Very scarce. The first edition appeared in 1771. François De Callataÿ published an article on Leblond (as his name is generally given) and his correspondence with Joseph Eckhel in the 2013 volume of the Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. Pellerin is best known today for his Recueil de médailles, published between 1762 and 1770 in what turned out to be, with various supplemental works, eleven volumes. Babelon considered him a forerunner of Eckhel, as his classification was based on geographical arrangement rather than alphabetical. Babelon 120. Lipsius 48.