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Trésor Volumes on Medals of the French Monarchy
Lenormant, Charles, Paul Delaroche and Henriquel Dupont. TRÉSOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE, OU RECUEIL GÉNÉRAL DE MÉDAILLES, MONNAIES, PIERRES GRAVÉES, BAS-RELIEFS, ETC., TANT ANCIENS QUE MODERNES, LES PLUS INTÉRESSANS SOUS LE RAPPORT DE L'ART ET DE L'HISTOIRE, GRAVÉ PAR LES PROCÉDÉS DE M. ACHILLE COLLAS. [Volume XIV]: MÉDAILLES FRANÇAISES DEPUIS LE RÈGNE DE CHARLES VII JUSQU'A CELUI DE LOUIS XVI. PREMIÈRE PARTIE. DE CHARLES VII À HENRY IV. A Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1836. First edition. Folio [43.5 by 30 cm], modern brown cloth, gilt. (4), 60 pages; 68 exceptionally fine plates produced using the medal ruling machine technique, with tissue guards, depicting medals and coins. Foxing and spotting throughout, as often seen. Very good or so. [with] [Volume XV]: MÉDAILLES FRANÇAISES DEPUIS LE RÈGNE DE CHARLES VII JUSQU'A CELUI DE LOUIS XVI. 2e PARTIE. - OEUVRE DE DUPRÉ ET WARIN. A Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1834. First edition. Folio [43.5 by 30 cm], later brown quarter calf with mottled sides; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. (4), 26, (2) pages; 32 + 4 exceptionally fine plates produced using the medal ruling machine technique, with tissue guards, depicting medals and coins [plus one bis plate]. Mild foxing and spotting. Minor wear to boards, which may be earlier, though the spine is later. Near fine, overall. Especially important volumes of this extraordinary twenty-volume work, the 19th century's outstanding contribution to medallic and glyptic art. The massive, extensively illustrated work has never been approached in concept or scope and, after the better part of two centuries, some sections have yet to be superseded and remain essential sources of information. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.]
Lenormant, Charles, Paul Delaroche and Henriquel Dupont. TRÉSOR DE NUMISMATIQUE ET DE GLYPTIQUE, OU RECUEIL GÉNÉRAL DE MÉDAILLES, MONNAIES, PIERRES GRAVÉES, BAS-RELIEFS, ETC., TANT ANCIENS QUE MODERNES, LES PLUS INTÉRESSANS SOUS LE RAPPORT DE L'ART ET DE L'HISTOIRE, GRAVÉ PAR LES PROCÉDÉS DE M. ACHILLE COLLAS. [Volume XIV]: MÉDAILLES FRANÇAISES DEPUIS LE RÈGNE DE CHARLES VII JUSQU'A CELUI DE LOUIS XVI. PREMIÈRE PARTIE. DE CHARLES VII À HENRY IV. A Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1836. First edition. Folio [43.5 by 30 cm], modern brown cloth, gilt. (4), 60 pages; 68 exceptionally fine plates produced using the medal ruling machine technique, with tissue guards, depicting medals and coins. Foxing and spotting throughout, as often seen. Very good or so. [with] [Volume XV]: MÉDAILLES FRANÇAISES DEPUIS LE RÈGNE DE CHARLES VII JUSQU'A CELUI DE LOUIS XVI. 2e PARTIE. - OEUVRE DE DUPRÉ ET WARIN. A Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1834. First edition. Folio [43.5 by 30 cm], later brown quarter calf with mottled sides; spine ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt; marbled endpapers. (4), 26, (2) pages; 32 + 4 exceptionally fine plates produced using the medal ruling machine technique, with tissue guards, depicting medals and coins [plus one bis plate]. Mild foxing and spotting. Minor wear to boards, which may be earlier, though the spine is later. Near fine, overall. Especially important volumes of this extraordinary twenty-volume work, the 19th century's outstanding contribution to medallic and glyptic art. The massive, extensively illustrated work has never been approached in concept or scope and, after the better part of two centuries, some sections have yet to be superseded and remain essential sources of information. [Online description truncated: for the full description, see the printed or PDF cataloge.]