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THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING.
Harris, Elizabeth M.

- Newtown, PA : Bird & Bull Press 1991 - 4to. - Japanese cloth with leather spine label. - 56 pages. - Order Nr. 33382 - Price: $ 160.00

First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies.Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' Tresor de Numismatiquewhich demonstrates the process, and reproductions of medal-engraved American works. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper.

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> PRIVATE PRESS & FINE PRINTING, TWENTIETH CENTURY
> UNITED STATES, PENNSYLVANIA
> ENGRAVING
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> LEAF BOOK
> BIRD & BULL PRESS
> MORRIS, HENRY
> COLLAS, ACHILLE
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