РУССКIЯ МОНЕТЫ ЧЕКАНЕННЫЯ СЪ 1801–1904 Г.
St. Petersburg: Ilyin, 1904. Crown 4to, later maroon cloth, gilt. xii, (2), 24, (2), 25–125, (1) pages; 6 fine plates. Near fine. Item #7644
One of the classic works on Russian coins, this 1904 study is a continuation of Ilyin & Tolstoï’s publication on the coinage of 1725–1801. Very scarce, and of considerable importance. Khristian Khristianovich Giel (1837–1908), was Grand Duke Georgii Mikhailovich’s mentor on Russian numismatics of the Imperial period and a leading member of the Grand Duke’s team that developed the corpus of Russian coins. He was joined in that effort by Aleksey Alekseyevich Ilyin (1858–1942), his coauthor of the present volume, who was an outstanding numismatist for nearly half a century and wrote many works of lasting importance. He gave his important coin collection to the Hermitage. Chizhov 425. Clain-Stefanelli 11153*. Kopylov (1910) 63. Volkov 18. Yakovchuk 76. Ex ANS Library, gift of George W. Husker; deaccessed 2021.
Price: $600.00