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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. 61557 - Price: $ 100.00

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 numismatique," which demonstrates the process,95540 and reproductions of medal-engraved American works. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. With prospectus loosely inserted.

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GLI ADORNATORI DEL LIBRO IN ITALIA by Ratta, Cesare Text in Italian. Limited to an edition of 500. Forty-two page section devoted to the works of Adolfo de Carolis. This is followed by 237 pages of examples from many different artists. The book is very worn, most of the pages are loose, wrapper edges tattered. It is protected by a portfolio that is interesting in its own right as the backstrip is holographic.