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Two Works on Renaissance Medals
Hill, G.F. PORTRAIT MEDALS OF ITALIAN ARTISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE. ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE ITALIAN MEDAL. London, 1912. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. Color frontispiece; xvii, (3), 92, (2), (2) pages; 32 exceptionally fine plates. Binding a bit worn, with rear cover badly discolored. Contents near fine. [with] Fabriczy, Cornelius von. MEDAILLEN DER ITALIENISCHEN RENAISSANCE. Leipzig, (1903). Small 4to, slightly later red cloth with hand-lettered cover label. 108, (4) pages; 181 text illustrations of medals. Very good or so. Hill's work is a handsome production, one of only 750 copies printed. Clain-Stefanelli 14284 and 14271. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.
Hill, G.F. PORTRAIT MEDALS OF ITALIAN ARTISTS OF THE RENAISSANCE. ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED, WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY ON THE ITALIAN MEDAL. London, 1912. 4to, original red cloth, gilt; top page edges gilt. Color frontispiece; xvii, (3), 92, (2), (2) pages; 32 exceptionally fine plates. Binding a bit worn, with rear cover badly discolored. Contents near fine. [with] Fabriczy, Cornelius von. MEDAILLEN DER ITALIENISCHEN RENAISSANCE. Leipzig, (1903). Small 4to, slightly later red cloth with hand-lettered cover label. 108, (4) pages; 181 text illustrations of medals. Very good or so. Hill's work is a handsome production, one of only 750 copies printed. Clain-Stefanelli 14284 and 14271. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.