Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles; 13: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals National Museum Copenhagen; Part III A: Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut mints Axbridge-Lymne 14: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals National Museum Copenhagen; Part III B: Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut mints Lincoln and London 15: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals National Museum Copenhagen; Part III C: Anglo-Saxon Coins: Cnut mints Lydford to the end
London: Published for the British Academy and the Carlsberg Foundation by the Oxford University Press and Spink & Son LimitedPublished for the British Academy and the Carlsberg Foundation by the Oxford University Press and Spink & Son Limited, 1970. First Edition. Complete in three volumes: hardcover large format octavo (25.5 x 19cm), pp. Vol. 13: xxiii, [1, blank] + plates 1-54 [each consisting of two leaves]; Vol. 14: [8] + plates 55-111; Vol. 15: [6], plates 112-158, [2], 317-326, [2, blank]; navy cloth covered boards with lettering in gilt on the spine and front cover; light blue dust wrapper with lettering in navy on the spine and front cover.
Vol. 13: head and tail of spine gently pushed; 20mm vertical scratch in top corner of front board, 60mm diagonal scratch a quarter of the way down fore edge; 1mm marks at the top of both the front and rear boards; minor abrasions along the top edge of the rear board; edges of text block very lightly foxed, top edge a little dust toned, light scuff mark to the bottom corner; minimal foxing to endpapers, pages are otherwise clean and bright throughout; unclipped dust wrapper is sunned; spine browned; gently abraded at joins of flaps; a 1mm mark and a 15mm line in the bottom corner of the front cover.
Vol. 14: head and tail of spine gently pushed, tail has light abrasions at hinges; bottom edge of rear board lightly scuffed; very occasional flecks on the rear board; edges of text block very lightly foxed, top edge a little dust toned; vertical crease the length of the page near the gutter of the first paste-down; minimal foxing to endpapers, pages are otherwise clean and bright throughout; unclipped dust wrapper is sunned; spine browned; a 10mm tear at the bottom of the back cover, 5 and 25mm tears at the top.
Vol. 15: head and tail of spine gently pushed and lightly abraded; light scratches at the top of the front cover; occasional flecks on the front and rear board; edges of text block very lightly foxed, top edge a little dust toned; minimal foxing to endpapers, pages are otherwise clean and bright throughout; unclipped dust wrapper is sunned; spine browned; small chips out of the tail of the spine and the top join of the front flap; light creasing along bottom edge of front cover with two closed 5mm tears. Item #1045
A catalogue of the English coins of Cnut in the Royal Danish Collection at Copenhagen.
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