Marchant, N.D. MÉLANGES DE NUMISMATIQUE ET D’HISTOIRE, OU CORRESPONDENCE. SUR LES MÉDAILLES ET MONNAIES DES EMPEREURS D’ORIENT, DES PRINCES CROISÉS D’ASIE, DES BARONS FRANÇAIS ÉTABLIS DANS LA GRÈCE, DES PREMIERS CALIFES DE DAMAS, ETC. PREMIÈRE. Paris: F.J. Fournier le jeune & Metz: L. de Villy, 1818. Small 8vo, later full tan morocco; spine with two raised bands, lettered in brown; brown endpapers. (4), 122, (6) pages; printed title with engraved numismatic device; 4 engraved coin plates signed by Michaud of Metz; engraved numismatic text illustrations. Fine or nearly so. The first volume of Marchant’s rare collection of numismatic writings, mostly concerned with Byzantine coinage but also touching on other medieval coinages including Islamic coins. This volume includes Letters 1–12. A further volume, comprising Letters 13–22, was published 1821–1827. A second edition, with commentary, appeared in 1851. See Babelon Traité I, column 205 (page 138 of the English translation). Leitzmann 84.