Italy. General Works. Cartier, E. Notice sur les monuments numismatiques de l'expédition de Charles VIII en Italie, 1494–1495. Blois; E. Dézairs, 1848. 8vo., pp. engraved plate as frontispiece, 101, (3); 5 plates. Bound in later red cloth and marbled boards, the original green printed wrappers preserved. Red morocco title label to the spine, lettered in gilt. The extremities dusty and worn, the inner hinges cracked, the contents lightly foxed throughout and the edges untrimmed. Neatly inscribed on the upper wrapper from the author to Adrien Longpérier. Very good overall.
The author of this title, Étienne Carter, was co-founder of the Revue Numismatique, one of the longest running and most important numismatic periodicals ever issued. Ciferri p. 102. Gnecchi p. 454. Leitzmann pp. 20–21.