Order Nr. 61557 THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING. Elizabeth M. Harris.

THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING.

(Bird & Bull Press).
  • Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991.
  • 4to.
  • Japanese cloth with leather spine label.
  • 56 pages.

Price: $100.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 61557

First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies (Berger A50). 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 was illustrated by this process-- and photographic reproductions of medal-engraved American works. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. With prospectus loosely inserted.