Thomas (Thomas) [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of the First Portion of...Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; bound with Catalogue of the First [...Second] Portion of Greek, Roman, and Foreign Medieval Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; and Catalogue of the Curious and Valuable Library, Evans, 1843; and Catalogue of the Collection of Prints and Drawings, Christie & Manson, 1844; and Catalogue of the Antique and other Bronzes; Greek Pottery; Gems, in Cameo and Intaglio..., Christie & Manson, 1844, together 6 vol. in 1, ruled in red, priced and with buyers' names throughout, partially interleaved with additional annotations relating to lots, particularly the coins, leaves with manuscript totals etc., engraved portrait at beginning and 2 manuscript notes bound in, one signed by Thomas, the other giving instructions for bidding on a lot in an 1832 sale (Oliver Cromwell's fifty shilling piece), contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., spine a little dulled, corners rubbed, 8vo

⁂ A superbly compiled collection of catalogues of an important collector - Thomas Thomas was a grocer in Oxford Street and major coin collector, who like many collectors of that era, also had a library and other collections of merit.