2 volumes. Vol. I is text volume, [2], lxix, 478, 8 pp. Vol. II containts 86 engraved plates, most with 2 coin images (recto & verso) per plate; tissue guards. 14½x10½, original gilt-lettered cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed.
Significant study with fine engraved plates of medals and medallions commemorating people and events crucial to American history, from George Washington to U.S. Grant, with Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, General "Mad-Anthony" Wayne, the surrender of the British at Yorktown, Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Decatur, Winfield Scott, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, the Medal of Honor, and many more. Handsomely printed and engraved on thick paper. Inscription (in French, dated 1892) to prelim. of Vol. I.
Condition:
Soiling and extremity wear to covers, but sound; some light foxing within, lst 8 pp. in Vol. I are inserted revews on lesser paper which has darkened, else very good.