Französische Medaillenkunst / French medalic art / L'art de la médaille en France 1870-1940

by Nicolas Maier

$175 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Munchen: Nicolas Maier, 2010. 4to, pp. 415, 1 ; parallel text in three columns in French, German, and English; 336 medallions illustrated and described, with biographies of their artists; pictorial paper covered boards; fine. Medallists such as Chaplain, Roty and Charpentier renewed medallic art in France during the nineteenth century, leading to a revival that attracted worldwide interest. The book examines the background to this revival and investigates its

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