France. Dewamin, É. P. N. Cent ans de numismatique française 1789 à 1889 ou A, B, C de la numismatique moderne. Paris; D. Dumoulin et Cie & L. Larger, 1893–1899. Complete in three volumes. Large folio (41.1x31cm), pp. fine photographic portrait of the author, (2), xx, (5)–211, (1); photograph of the author’s office as frontispiece, (2), xiii, (1), 332 (2), illustrations throughout the text; title page printed in red and black, another photograph of the author’s office as frontispiece, (6), iii, (1), (4), (xii), 6, 93 plates, (3). All three volumes bound in red quarter morocco and marbled boards, the spines lettered in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges speckled red. Rubbed, with wear to the extremities, the edges bumped. Contents very good throughout with some light pencil annotations in a contemporary hand. Very good overall and very rarely offered, this being one of an unnumbered printing of only 250 copies. (3)
Clain-Stefanelli 8907*, “A mine of information.” Grierson p. 127, “Collection de documents remarquable.”