ABOT DE BAZINGHEN, François-André.

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Traité des monnoies, et de la jurisdiction de la Cour des monnoies, en forme dictionnaire... First edition of the French numismatist's Dictionary of Money, which Coquelin & Guillaumin called "l'un des meilleurs et des plus complets qui existent sur cette matière" ("one of the best and most complete that exists on this subject"), the product of 20 years of research."In 1764, François-André Abot de Bazinghen [1711-1791], one of the few authors to have written on the Cour des monnaies in the Kingdom of France, identified nine types of false money that corresponded to forms of the crime of lèsé-majesté. Falsification by manipulation was no longer an issue. Better still, no entry in his dictionary concerns the forms of sovereign monetary manipulations: there was nothing related to enhancement, adulteration, debasement or the like. The entry headed 'Altérer la monnaie' (altering the coins) covered fraudulent practices in the mints or by individuals, in particular clipping. Abot de Bazinghen, in this respect, was an author rooted in the metallic system" (Blanc & Desmedt, p. 54).Provenance: from the library of Louis-Emmanuel-Jules-Scipion Rousset (1804-1849) of Tournon, Ardèche, who studied numismatics and charters at the College of Tournon and later served in a number of municipal roles; later from the Birmingham Assay Office Library. Founded in May 1773, the Birmingham Assay Office is one of four such offices in the UK responsible for assaying (testing) and hallmarking precious met

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