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Excerpt from Wiltshire Tales Whatever may be the merit Of these Tales, it will not be denied that they con tain fair examples Of the dialect of North Wiltshire and parts Of Gloucestershire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, And, Journal of the Numismatic Society, Vol. 20: April, 1857-January, 1858Bulletin de l'academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres, et des Beaux Arts de Belgique. Part II, for 1854, completing Vol. XXI, the academy. And Part I, of Vol. XXII, 1855. 8vo. Brussels, 1854 - 5.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis boo...

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Excerpt from Tradesmen's Tokens, Current in London and Its Vicinity Between the Years 1648 and 1672: Described From the Originals in the British Museum, and in Several Private CollectionsThe Leg and Seven Stars, The Axe and the Bottle The Tun and the Lute The Eagle and Child, The Shovel and Boot.Several of the tokens here described are of taverns in the vicinity of the Inns of Court and Temple Bar, the great thoroughfare from the city to the w...

Excerpt from Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 4 The legend, in abbreviation, on these very singular coins induces me to assign them to a city of the name of Agathopolis, which I presume must have been situated in, or near, the Chersonesus of Thrace. It is only mentioned by Pachymere, lib. v. cap. iv., where he speaks of Michael Palaeologus refusing to cede to Constantine, king of Bulgaria, the cities of Mesembria, Anchialus, Sisopolis, and Agathopo...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 1 Almost all collectors of Anglo-Saxon coins have been dissatisfied with the position, which has been assigned to certain coins, which are ascribed to Egberth, king of Kent: all collectors have felt that Kent was not their proper locality, but that they ought properly to find a home in the North. I am not aware that any attempt has been made to locate them in that part of the world, but I fancy that...

Excerpt from Moneys Received and Paid for Secret Services of Charles II. And James II: From 30th March, 1679, to 25th December, 1688The payments are scarcely of the kind which would be expected from the title of secret services. They are principally divisible into two great classes: 1. Extra ordinary expenses incident to the management of the King's private estate, and the repairs and improvements of the royal residences, and 2. Payments and a...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 3 On the Coins of Zancle, and on a very remarkable varia variation in the Type of a Coin of that City, in the British Museum, by Thomas Burgon, Esq., V. P. Num. Soc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art tec...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Vol. 10 Light Gold in England, return of, p. 101 Collection of Roman Coins for Sale at Cologne, p. 102 Sale of the late Col. Durrant's Coins, p. 145 Half-pence of Geo. Ll., p. 146 Curious Angel of Henry VII. P. 147 Birmingham Forgeries of Turkish Money, p. 147 Lines upon Farley Heath, p. 182. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of r...

Excerpt from Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, Vol. 11 The detailed examination of various types of the coins of Caulonia and Selinus (Numismat. Chron. XXXVI. and XXXVIII.), has appeared to conduct us to certain principles of general application. In the first place, we have seen that the Greek colonisers of Italy and Sicily carried with them to their new settlements, and tenaciously retained, the forms of religion ...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 15: And Journal of the Numismatic Society The reverse of this coin is of the type No. 233 of Hawkins, and the obverse also resembles that type in general style, but the head is turned in the opposite direction, and is larger, filling up more completely the field of the coin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenboo...

Excerpt from The Numismatic Chronicle, Vol. 16: And Journal of the Numismatic Society Sujets dramatiques, par M. Boucher de Per thes. 2 vols. 12mo., pp. 640 and 724. Paris, 1852. Emma, ou quatre lettres de femme. Par M. Boucher de Perthes. L2mo. Pp. 264. Paris, 1852. Report on Excavations made on the site of the Roman Castrum at Lymns, in Kent, in 1850, by Charles Roach Smith, with notes on the original plan of the Castrum, and on the ancie...