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371, Lot: 821. Estimate $150.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pollard, Graham. Renaissance Medals. The Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Vols. 1 & 2. (Oxford, 2007). Vol. 1. Italy. cxxxv, 591 pages, 590 medals catalogued. Vol. 2. France, Germany, the Netherlands, and England. cii, pages 592-880, 361 medals catalogued. Both volumes bound in black cloth with dust jackets. A lavishly produced work, printed on high quality paper, beautifully illustrated with several color plates and wonderful full sized illustrations. Includes bibliographies of the engravers, analysis of the metal content and manufacturing methods of the medals and other historical background notes. A set that can be appreciated even by someone with no interest in renaissance medals. A very fine set.



From the Dr. Lawrence A. Adams library.