A Corpus Of Italian Medals Of The Renaissance Before Cellini. Plates

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Reprint - Folio, original matching black cloth and mustard boards, printed spine labels, gilt; jackets. title printed in red and black; extremely detailed descriptions; text figures, superb plates of medals. Jackets rubbed; else fine. A well- produced reprint of this classic and most-important work, covering in great detail “the known varieties of medals produced by italian artists from 1390 to about 1530.” A monumental achievement. While the reprint’s illustrations cannot match the quality of the original, they are of good quality and the work as a whole is well-done. Clain-Stefanelli 14287*. Grierson 256.