David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Williamson, G.C., Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland, By Corporations, Merchants, Tradesmen, Etc. A New and Revised Edition of William Boyne’s Work…With the Assistance of Some of the Principal Collectors of Tokens in the United Kingdom as Editors of Their Respective Counties. 1st edn, London, Elliot Stock, 1889-91. Two volumes. 4to, red half leather, rebound, gilt titles to spine, block tight and bright, t.e.g., leading and bottom edges rough cut. Limited edition of which this is copy no. 167, signed by author. Vol. I, xliii, 810pp plus ads, 12 plates and numerous in text illustrations. Covers Bedfordshire to London. Vol. II, vi, continuous pagination from Vol. I, 811-1584, 12 plates (including q1 foldout), numerous woodcuts in text, plus Addenda, Errata and Corrigenda. Covers The Isle of Man to Yorkshire, with separate entries for Ireland and uncertain tokens (Manville 544) [2]. £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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