Affry de La Monnoye, (Alfred d'). - The Tokens of the Paris - Lot 394

Affry de La Monnoye, (Alfred d'). - The Tokens of the Parisian City Council. Documents Contributing to the Metallurgical History of the City Office and Various Parisian Institutions. In the “General History of Paris” series. Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1878. Large quarto in green publisher’s cardboard binding, the front cover adorned with the gilded coat of arms of the City of Paris—torn tail flap, worn top flap, tear at one corner and on the spine, damage to the back cover and corners, endpapers split, title page repaired, interior in good condition—[2 ff.], XXVIII, 416 pp., [1 f.]. Illustrated with 362 reproductions of tokens (both sides). Included: Corre, Pierre. — Corpus de jetons armoriés de personnages français. Paris, Le Léopard d’Or, 1986. In-4 format, paperback with softcover - [2 ff.], 473 pp., |3 pp.], 21 pp. (estimates), 37 plates (excluding text) reproducing 1,554 tokens out of the 4,967 described in the corpus.