Pinkerton, John. AN ESSAY ON MEDALS: OR, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN COINS AND MEDALS; ESPECIALLY THOSE OF GREECE, ROME, AND BRITAIN. Third edition. London: T. Cadell et al., 1808. Two volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary matching brown speckled calf; spines ruled in gilt with red spine labels, gilt; board edges hatched in gilt. xliv, (4), 376 + (8), 448, (18) pages; 3 + 3 plates. Bindings somewhat worn and rubbed at extremities; discoloration from removed spine labels. Very good. Pinkerton’s popular work, in a somewhat worn, but sound contemporary binding with unidentified armorial bookplates. The book remains of interest today. He covers topics that the more scholarly tomes of the era neglected, including the basics of assembling and caring for a collection of coins. This third edition is considered the best. Leitzmann 105. Manville 60–61. Sigler 101.