LELEWEL Joachim. Numismatique du moyen-âge depuis sa naissance jusqu'a l'apparition du gros d'argent, considerée sous le rapport du type, accompagnée d' un Atlas, composé de tables chronologiques, de cartes géographiques et de figures de monnaies gravées en cuivre, par Ouvrage public par Joseph Straszewicz, Paris 1835. 1st edition with list of subscribers. 3 co-bound volumes (complete) of 8o scholarly treatise: vol. I pp. XXIII and 229, vol. II p. 126, vol. III p. 331; also atlas with images of coins in 4o: pp. 44 and 24 plates. Very attractive binding, period quarter leather and marbled paper; slight loss of leather on the spine of the co-bound volumes, otherwise near cabinet condition; EXTREMELY RARE due to the completeness of the publication - all three volumes of the treatise and the atlas being an integral part of it. In essence, this is a textbook on European numismatics of the Middle Ages. One is amazed by the state of Lelewel's knowledge and the research methods he used, including comparing portraits on coins. This allowed him to identify them very well. In vol. II on Polish coins: pp. 65-116, in the atlas on plate XXIV.
