Hand-tinted lithographed Atlas in four colors; Descriptive Guide with tinted foldng plate. 1 vols. Atlas: 5'5" x 3'4"; Guide, 4t
1829 · London
by (Numismatics) Green, Benjamin Richard
London: Priestley and Weale and by the Author, 1829. Hand-tinted lithographed Atlas in four colors; Descriptive Guide with tinted foldng plate. 1 vols. Atlas: 5'5" x 3'4"; Guide, 4to. Atlas in twenty panels mounted to linen backing, folded to 10 x 13 inch rectangle, in original box with printed label with price of £2 17 s. Descriptive Guide in the original printed grey wrappers. A few panels show some spotting, edges of a few are some are lifting off of linen, otherwise a remarkable survival. Hand-tinted lithographed Atlas in four colors; Descriptive Guide with tinted foldng plate. 1 vols. Atlas: 5'5" x 3'4"; Guide, 4to. Map of Ancient Coins. The large and wonderful Atlas, the only one of its kind we have seen, was done by Richard Benjamin Green (1808-18760), watercolorist, portrait and landscape artist, lecturer, drawing instructor, and apparently, a student of ancient coins.
(Inventory #: 12524)