‘The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Island’: a history of numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (3 vols). By Andrew Burnett. 300mm. Vol I: pp xxxv + 1–566, frontis, 200 figs, tabs; vol II: pp xvi + 567–1178, frontis, 140 figs, tabs; vol III: pp xiii + 1179–1804, 37 figs. British Numismatic Society special publication no. 14; Royal Numismatic Society special publication no. 58, Spink, London, 2021. isbn 0901405361. £150 (hbk)