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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aethelred, post: 2630978, member: 81808&quot;]I have wanted a physical copy of Cohen for quite some time. I think it is certainly a testament to the work that Henry Cohen did that his work is not just still used after 140 year, but that it is very often used by people who&#039;s primary language is not French.</p><p><br /></p><p>I already own Sear, RIC and much of BMC, so it is not easy to make the case that I needed Cohen, but there are cases you just want something and for me this was one of those cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>This wonderful edition was published by the ADEVA Academic Printing &amp; Publishing Company in Graz, Austria in 1955. It contains the original eight volumes of Cohen&#039;s original Second Edition which was published in serial form between 1880 and 1892. In addition you will notice a thin 9th volume which (although described as a dictionary) is really more of a transliteration from the original French into German, English, Italian and Spanish. The set is bound in green cloth with red and gold title tags on the spines of the respective volumes.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/Cohen%201.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/Cohen%202.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly Henry Cohen did not live to see the complete publication of his Second expanded edition. He died after the publication of the volume one and his obituary appears at the beginning of the second volume. Posterity is grateful that he had done a lot of work on the rest of the Second Edition and that those who took up the task were dedicated to the work.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/Cohen%203.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I love the wonderful line drawings that these books are full of. The photos used in modern coin books are well and good, but I think most would admit that there is a certain charm to the layout below that can&#039;t be matched by photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wnccoins.com/Cohen%204.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you have enjoyed this glimpse inside my library.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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