PELLERIN (Joseph) - Lot 17

PELLERIN (Joseph) Recueil de médaille de rois qui n'ont pas encore été publiés ou qui sont peu connus. Paris, chez H. L. Guérin & L.F. Delatour, 1762 (21x26cm). IV-220pp. Half leather binding with corners. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons. Speckled edges. Vignettes, headbands and lamp-ends. Complete with 22 folding plates. Armorial bookplate with the arms of John Trotter-Brockett (Invictus - Maneo) on the reverse of the first cover. Stamped bookplate of A. Gevrey (Atque Amicis). FIRST EDITION. Very good condition, some minor rubbing to binding and corners slightly dulled. Also by the same author: MÉLANGE DE DIVERSES MÉDAILLES pour servir de supplément AUX RECUEILS DES MÉDAILLES DE ROIS ET DE VILLES qui ont été imprimés en M.DCC.LXII & M.DCC.LXIII. Tome premier : I, Médailles détachées. II, Imperial medals in gold, silver & bronze. III, Colonial medals missing from Vaillant, with Observations on those he has published. Paris, by H. L. Guérin & L.F. Delatour, 1765 (21x26cm). 356pp. Half leather binding with corners. Smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons. Speckled edges. Vignettes, headbands and lamp-ends. Complete with 22 folding plates. Armorial bookplate with the arms of John Trotter-Brockett (Invictus - Maneo) on the reverse of the first cover. Stamped bookplate of A. Gevrey (Atque Amicis). FIRST EDITION. Very good condition, some minor rubbing to binding and corners slightly dulled. Also included: Large "Meilleurs vœux" medal from the Monnaie de Paris, struck by the Monnaie de Paris balancers using reproductions of late 18th-century corners. Diameter: 100 mm (Fifth Republic). Choc to the edge.