Item 1972/1 - Three letters from Pierre Mounier and two attachments

5 items, paper

Three letters from Pierre Mounier and one attachment:
(a) letter, typescript, two pages on two folios, dated from Paris on 29 February 1972, explaining that Professor Grierson has been asked to collaborate in a work entitled "Initiation a la numismatique" but is unable to do so due to other obligations. PG suggested that IS be considered in his place, emphasising his expertise in numismatics. Mounier thus asks to IS to write on British coinage during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Modern period, and the contemporary period, and on British colonial coinages and the coinage of the United States over the course of the latter two periods. He explains that the book will be published by Maison BORDAS in the series "BORDAS-DECOUVERTES" and will consist in some 700 pages and will be richly illustrated. Remuneration will be at the rate of 60 francs per 1600 characters. The manuscripts will be due by 15 October 1972. The publishing house expects the first printing of the French edition to consist in 25,000 copies.
(b) letter, typescript, two pages on two folios, dated from Paris on 17 March 1972, acknowledging IS's letter of 10 March and setting out his remit in greater detail but allowing for modification as necessary. The entire manuscript should amount to 45-50 pages, with bibliographic references at the end of the text. The are marginal manuscript annotations in the left margin of the first page in which IS indicates the number of pages and illustrations for each of the five sections.
(c) letter, typescript, single page, dated from Paris on 18 April 1972, acknowledging IS's letter of 4 April 1972 and that IS will deliver his texts in English, which will then be translated into French. Mounier agrees that in IS's suggestion for page length but says that the number of illustrations that he wishes to include is a little greater than anticipated. There are marginal manuscript annotations in the bottom margin in which IS indicates that he sent the US section on 26 May 1972 and the English Medieval section on 8 July 1972.
(d) attachment, photocopy of typescript, four pages on four folios, undated, providing chapter outline of the book entitles "Initiation a la numismatique", listing the chapters and identifying the authors of those thus far commissioned. The attachment is not referred to in any of the correspondence.
(e) note, manuscript (in the hand of Philip Grierson), single page, undated.