Item NB001: Brockett's Essay on Counterfeit Coins and Medals
Brockett, John Trotter. An Essay on the Means of DistinguishingAntique, From Counterfeit, Coins and Medals. Translatedfrom the French of M. Beauvais; with Notes and Illustrations.Newcastle, 1819. Octavo, pp. engraved vignette on title page,94, errata slip bound in at end. Neatly bound in half green calfand matching cloth boards. Raised bands, red morocco titlelabel, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Some spotting to boards,contents clean, bright and in a high state of preservation.Limited to 205 copies. Fine overall. An attractive and charmingvolume, seldom offered. £180

Item NB004: Evans, Coins of the Ancient Britons
Evans, J. The Coins of the Ancient Britons. London, 1864. Two volumes complete. Quarto, pp. xi, (1),424, 8+17 fine plates engraved by F. W. Fairholt. Beautifully bound by J. B. Hawes of Cambridge infull tan calf, double gilt fillets with gilt floral decoration in each corner. Raised bands, black moroccotitle label lettered in gilt in one compartment, intricate gilt decoration in remaining. Edges gilt, innerdentelles blind embossed, page edges marbled. With; Supplement. London, 1890. Quarto, pp. viii,folding map printed in red and black, (417)-599, (1), 10 finely engraved plates. In the original greencloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Gilt embossed image of a Gallo-Belgic stater on the front board. Minimalwear to extremities, otherwise both volumes in fine condition, each with a neat, engraved bookplateand Spink & Son book label on front pastedown. A most attractive set, the foundation work to Celtic coins,rarely seen in such fine condition as here and with the rarely seen supplement. Extremely fine. £750

Item NB015: Lowndes Report on Silver Coins

Lowndes, W. A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins. London,Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Kingsmost Excellent Majesty. 1695. Quarto, pp. 159, (1), woodcut decorative initials throughout. Elegantlybound in contemporary full black calf, ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt flourishes. Raised bands,red morocco label to spine, gilt decoration in compartments. Marbled endpapers. A very fine copy ofLowndes best known and key work in a beautiful contemporary binding. £1,650

William Lowndes (1652-1724) was Secretary to the Treasury of Great Britain under King William III and Queen Anne, and aMember of Parliament under William, Anne and George I. Known as 'Ways and Means Lowndes' he served on the Committeeof Ways and Means and wrote this title the year he become Treasurer. In it he called upon the help of Isaac Newton (thenMaster of the Royal Mint) to help solve the many problems then prevalent with the English currency. Subsequent to Lowndes'treatise, the Great Recoinage of 1696 was commenced which resulted in the establishment of the provincial mints; Bristol.Chester, Exeter, Norwich and York. See also Manville Vol. III, p 15, "Mr Lowndes has written in so peculiar & instructive amanner, that our Historians may learn better, by his little

Item NB039: Wheeler Catalogue of Saxon and English Coins

[Sotheby & Co.] Catalogue of the Important Collection of Saxon and English Coins, the Propertyof G. H. Wheeler, Esq. London, 12th March, 1930. Quarto, pp. 94, 599 lots; 16 extremely fine plates.With a printed list of prices and buyers names bound in at end. The lots acquired by Lockett neatlyunderlined in red as was his custom and with further pencil annotations to some of the plates. With;Manuscript notebook detailing the contents of much of Wheeler's collection dated between 1916 and1925 and giving information on provenance, date and place of purchase, price paid and additionalnotes. Also enclosed is a running receipt of his purchases (totalling £8608-7-9) which tallies with amanuscript list at the back of the notebook which includes place of purchase and date, a note givinghis cost code and a smaller booklet of manuscript notes. An alphabetical list of auction cataloguesfrom 1873 is also present. Both booklets in later, custom made slipcase of quarter tan calf and marbledboard, raised bands, gilt lettering to spine. The catalogue rebound in the same. A fascinating compilationof notes revealing much valuable information and certainly worthy of further research. £3,950

M&R Vol. I, p. 252; Manville Vol. IV, p. 309. Ernest Henry Wheeler (1876-1933) was a successful businessman who ran hisown highly successful Newsagents, Stationers and Printers based on the Caledonian Road. The notebooks above have beencompiled on his own products and are complete with his business address label on the inside cover. He was an aggressivebuyer at many of the high profile auctions of the time including Montagu and Murdoch, Ready, Walters, Marsham, Roth andCarlyon-Britton to name but a few. He would bid directly rather than through an agent and as such was well known for payingfar more than the market value of the time, a fact which infuriated much of the trade, in particular Cyril Lockett who as a result,and along with many other collectors and dealers, refused to participate in this sale, despite there being many pieces whichLockett would have wanted for his collection. Consequently the sale was not as successful as it perhaps should have been,fetching only £4283-10-0, almost half that Wheeler had paid. Lockett did however acquire some pieces through Baldwin'safter the sale and it is these lots which have been underlined in the above auction catalogue. Lockett's dislike of Wheeler waswell known and it is interesting that his bookplate, usually found in all of his catalogues, is absent from the one here. After thedisappointing result of this auction Wheeler chose to sell the second half of his collection directly to Seaby's who sold it overa number of lists throughout 1930 and 1931. A final selection of coins, discovered after Wheeler's death in 1933, were sold byGlendining's in a single lot in December 1938.

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