An Olla Podrida; Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, And Literary - Vol I
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- An Olla Podrida; Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, And Literary - Vol I
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- 1844
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An Olla Podrida; Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, And Literary - Vol I
Author: Richard Sainthill
Year: 1844
Two volumes, complete. 8vo, contemporary matching green half morocco with marbled sides; spines with four raised bands, ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; all page edges red. Volume I: lithographic frontispiece portrait of dedicatee Sir Thomas Dyke Acland; xv, (1), 388 pages; text illustrations; 32 additional plates [6 engraved via medal-rule machine, 19 lithographic, 5 engraved, 2 printed], complete, many of them depicting coins or medals. Volume II: lithographic frontispiece portrait of dedicatee Aquilla Smith, M.D.; xxx, (2), 444 pages; text illustrations; 8 additional plates [7 lithographic, 1 engraved], complete, many of them depicting coins or medals. Both volumes with bindings worn, rubbed and scuffed, but sound; some marginal discoloration on plates, as generally seen. Very good. The first and only edition. An utterly charming, if somewhat eccentric collection of the (utterly charming and somewhat eccentric) author’s notes, letters and essays, most of them on numismatic matters. At the time of publishing Olla Podrida, Sainthill was practicing as a lawyer in Cork, Ireland and was a close friend of both Aquilla Smith and John Lindsay. Sainthill’s two volumes provide a del