Excerpt from Catalogue of the Entire Cabinet of Antique Medieval and Modern Coins, Medals and Jetons, for Many Years Known and Celebrated as the Groux Collection, Now the Property of a Lady in Washington: To Be Sold by Auction Without Reserve, at the Clinton Hall Sale Rooms, on the Afternoons of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, April 7th, 8th and 9th, 1874; Commencing at 4 O'clock<br><br>The fond old dreamer whose name it bears has himself passed away, and the fate that befalleth all collections IS about to come also upon the one with which he had freely mingled his very life.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.