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Morin on Indian Peace Medals
Morin, Victor. LES MÉDAILLES DÉCERNÉES AUX INDIENS. ÉTUDE HISTORIQUE ET NUMISMATIQUE DES COLONISATIONS EUROPÉENNES EN AMÉRIQUE. Ottawa: Tirage Spécial de l'Auteur, The Mortimer Co., 1916. 8vo, later brown quarter calf; spine lettered in gilt. Oval frontispiece portrait of the author; 86 pages; 31 plates depicting 48 figures, nearly all medals. Signed and numbered by the author. Near fine. The first appearance in book form of this scarce and important work. No. 20 of 200 copies printed. The first four chapters cover medals issued by France, Great Britain, Spain and America. The fifth chapter concerns Médailles semi-indiennes and the final chapter, Observations générales, includes presentation ceremonies, wampum collars, rarity and value, replicas, etc. The work concludes with a lengthy bibliography. Morin's outstanding collection of Indian Chief medals, the basis of this work, was acquired privately by J. Douglas Ferguson. Bowman 16. Clain-Stefanelli 14454. CNB page 656. Ex Stack Family Library.
Morin, Victor. LES MÉDAILLES DÉCERNÉES AUX INDIENS. ÉTUDE HISTORIQUE ET NUMISMATIQUE DES COLONISATIONS EUROPÉENNES EN AMÉRIQUE. Ottawa: Tirage Spécial de l'Auteur, The Mortimer Co., 1916. 8vo, later brown quarter calf; spine lettered in gilt. Oval frontispiece portrait of the author; 86 pages; 31 plates depicting 48 figures, nearly all medals. Signed and numbered by the author. Near fine. The first appearance in book form of this scarce and important work. No. 20 of 200 copies printed. The first four chapters cover medals issued by France, Great Britain, Spain and America. The fifth chapter concerns Médailles semi-indiennes and the final chapter, Observations générales, includes presentation ceremonies, wampum collars, rarity and value, replicas, etc. The work concludes with a lengthy bibliography. Morin's outstanding collection of Indian Chief medals, the basis of this work, was acquired privately by J. Douglas Ferguson. Bowman 16. Clain-Stefanelli 14454. CNB page 656. Ex Stack Family Library.