Charles Pye. 1st edn, (1795) London. Published for the Engraver, by John Nichols. Engraved title with large vignette by Pye; Advertisement leaf by Pye dated 1795; 36 fine engraved plates (obverses and reverses of 186 tokens); 3 pages of index. Professionally rebacked in 1/4 brown calf retaining original boards, with black gilt label. Interleaved, tissue guards to most plates. Scarce. 140 x 232mm.
Interleaved with tissue guards. The frontespiece, the title, some plates and many of the tissue interleaves are lightly foxed, but even where the plates are foxed, this is only to the margins. Other than as described, this is a good copy with a nice tight binding.
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