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4°, circa 26,3 x 19,5 cm., Title, V-XXXI, 349 pp., 1 f., 100 lithographs and woodcuts in the text and on more than 50 pates. Original cloth with title and illutration to front cover With a general introduction about the representation of buildings on coins in antiquity and the detailed description of 92 medals and coins that show temples, arches, tombs, bridges amphitheatres etc. The author Donaldson (1795-1885) was professor fo architecture in London. He supplies a lot of material from various sourced for every building shown on each coin. - Lacking the half-title, title with small old stamp (withdrawn), endpaper with newer bookplate of a German numismatist, binding a little rubbed, spine skillfully rebacked, inside mostly clean, nice.