Catalogue of a portion of the library of the late Stanesby Alchorne, Esq., of the Tower, comprising numerous manuscripts on mint affairs, royal and other autographs, Croker's register book of designs for medals, [47] autographs of Sir Isaac Newton, numismatical works, ... coins and medals, ... [the] hydrostatic balance, by Bird, made expressly for the adjustment of the standard in 1758 ; ... [also] weights of various nations, including the standard Troy pound from which the late Parliamentary pound, (destroyed in the fire at the House of Commons) was made, ... [an] apparatus for the humid method of assay, ... and other effects, the property of the Queen's late Assay Master, [Mr. Bingley] ...
Published: 1851
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Catalogs; Coin collections
Notes: Lots: 1-337.

Pages 7-16 (lots 69-172 ofthe Alchorne Library) misbound. See Sotheby sale of August 18, 1851 (i.e., Brockett collection)

Only copy not annotated.

Bound auction #70 scanned.

Nov. 12, 1851.

Numismatic Literature, "A portion of the library of the late Stanesby Alchorne, Esq."