New Illustrated Manual of the Current Gold and Silver Coins of all Civilized Nations of the Globe
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New Illustrated Manual of the current gold and silver coins of all civilized nations of the globe : giving their weight, standard, & value, together with the systems of money, weights, & measures, and statistics, commercial geography, & industry of the different countries
Henry P Skelton
London : James Hagger, 1862
2 volumes, bound in one. Bound in contemporary 3/4 morocco over green boards. Spine leather rubbed at extremities. Solid binding and covers. Marbled end papers. (2), 197, iv pages; 96 fine embossed plates of gold and silver coins, each with a leaf of descriptive text. Scattered foxing. Three ownership signatures or book plates: Frank Edwards, Liverpool, 1873; John McEiven, New York, 1919; Howard M. Abbott, 1952.