British Coins and Numismatic Books

Leake, S.M., An Historical Account of English Money from the Conquest to the Present Time, 3rd edn, London, 1793, viii + 428pp, Appendix, 7 + 7 plates (Manville 228). Contemporary full tan leather, gilt, ribbed spine; handwritten account of Leake’s life, c. 1814, on third free endpaper, some light spotting to plates, otherwise fine and clean £60-80

Provenance: Ex libris Robert Wright Taylor, Barton-upon-Humber, and Alan Morris, with their bookplates