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Auction 159  6 Mar 2021
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Lot 119

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Trésor Fascicles on Early Napoleonic Medals
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 XVIII, Fascicles 1–5]: MÉDAILLES DE L'EMPIRE FRANÇAIS ET DE L'EMPEREUR NAPOLÉON (1804–1807). A Paris: Chez Rittner et Goupil, 1836. First edition. Folio [46 by 31 cm], later maroon cloth, gilt; original yellow printed paper front covers bound in. The first five fascicles of this volume: 44 pages; 20 exceptionally fine plates produced using the medal ruling machine technique, with tissue guards, depicting medals and jetons; single-sheet Avis bound in. Moderate foxing. Untrimmed. Near fine, overall. An interesting volume, apparently produced by binding the first five fascicles of this volume of the Trésor that had until modern times been in their original state. The Napoleonic volume is one of the most important in terms of its remaining a core reference today. The Avis is rarely seen. Babelon 143. Clain-Stefanelli 14551*. Engel et Serrure 3973. Grierson 255 (specifically on the French volumes): "Bon recueil de planches et bon texte descriptif. Classé essentiellement par pays et très utile pour les séries françaises, surtout pour la Révolution française et pour Napoléon."
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