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Hill's Corpus of Renaissance Medals
Hill, George Francis. A CORPUS OF ITALIAN MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE BEFORE CELLINI. TEXT & PLATES. Firenze: Edizioni Scelte, 1984 reprint of the 1930 original. Two volumes. Folio, original matching black cloth and mustard boards, printed spine labels, gilt; jackets. xvii, (1), 371, (1); vii, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black; 1333 extremely detailed descriptions; text figures, two occupying a full-page plate in the text; 201 superb plates of medals. Jackets a little worn; 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.
Hill, George Francis. A CORPUS OF ITALIAN MEDALS OF THE RENAISSANCE BEFORE CELLINI. TEXT & PLATES. Firenze: Edizioni Scelte, 1984 reprint of the 1930 original. Two volumes. Folio, original matching black cloth and mustard boards, printed spine labels, gilt; jackets. xvii, (1), 371, (1); vii, (1) pages; titles printed in red and black; 1333 extremely detailed descriptions; text figures, two occupying a full-page plate in the text; 201 superb plates of medals. Jackets a little worn; 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.