Maroon cloth bindings with gilt title on the spine. dimensions are for one volume.

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A very rare reference set. Essential inventory for a collector.

The British Museum Catalogues of Coins was a series envisioned and initiated by Reginald Stuart Poole, Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals, at the British Museum, between 1870 and 1893. The aim was to produce a scholarly series of catalogues of the collection, based on the British Museum’s collection and other collections. The series continued after his retirement, and continues to this day, with the collection increasingly being made available online.

Reginald Stuart Poole (27 January 1832 – 8 February 1895), known as Stuart Poole, was an English archaeologist, numismatist and Orientalist. Poole was from a famous Orientalist family; his mother Sophia Lane Poole, his uncle Edward William Lane and his nephew Stanley Lane-Poole were all famous for their work in this field. His other uncle was Richard James Lane, a distinguished Victorian lithographer and engraver.