The coins of England
Subtitle: a sketch of the progress of the English coinage, from the earliest period to the present time
By: by Henry Noel Humphreys ; illustrated by an extensive series of fac-similes of the most interesting coins of each successive period, printed in gold, silver, and copper.
Contributors: Bauer, F.; H. Woods & Co.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: William Smith
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Numismatics -- England.; Coins, English.
Other titles: English coins
Notes: Publication date from added t.p.

Added illustrated title page drawn "on stone by F. Bauer" and chromolithographed by "H. Woods & Co. lith.".

Colour plates are chromolithographs of coins printed in gold, silver and copper against a royal blue background. Plates are numbered with a mix of arabic and roman numerals.

Plates are printed by H. Woods--Cf. McLean, R. Victorian book design & colour printing, 1972, p. 110.

Pages within thick thin rule borders; plates within decorative borders.

Error in pagination: pagination jumps from p. 68 to 81 without loss of text.

Includes "Descriptive index of plates"--P. [133]-148.

MASS copy: Bound in red glazed paper-covered boards, blind embossed in imitation of clasps; a.e.g.