Kolbe & Fanning
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Saunier on Augustin Dupré
Saunier, Charles. AUGUSTIN DUPRÉ: ORFÈVRE, MÉDAILLEUR ET GRAVEUR GÉNÉRAL DES MONNAIES. Paris: Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1894. 4to, contemporary red three-quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; silk marker. xiv, (2), 120 pages; text illustrations, some full page; 6 very fine plates of medals. Occasional spotting, seemingly as always; light marginal staining to plates. Very good or better. An attractively bound copy of this rarely offered work on this important French medalist and coin engraver, best known for his work on post-Revolutionary French coinage and on several exceptionally important early American medals, most notably the Libertas Americana medal. Clain-Stefanelli 13565.
Saunier, Charles. AUGUSTIN DUPRÉ: ORFÈVRE, MÉDAILLEUR ET GRAVEUR GÉNÉRAL DES MONNAIES. Paris: Société de Propagation des Livres d'Art, 1894. 4to, contemporary red three-quarter morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; top page edges gilt; silk marker. xiv, (2), 120 pages; text illustrations, some full page; 6 very fine plates of medals. Occasional spotting, seemingly as always; light marginal staining to plates. Very good or better. An attractively bound copy of this rarely offered work on this important French medalist and coin engraver, best known for his work on post-Revolutionary French coinage and on several exceptionally important early American medals, most notably the Libertas Americana medal. Clain-Stefanelli 13565.