(Bird & Bull Press) The Art of Medal Engraving, limited edition
$195.00
30. (Bird & Bull Press) The Art of Medal Engraving. A curious chapter in the Development of 19th Century Printing Processes. By Elizabeth M. Harris. Newtown. 1991. 56p. 10” x 8”. Each copy includes a complete folio leaf from Tresor de numis matique of Achille Collas, as well as photographic reproductions of various medal-engraved American works of the19th century. Printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. Handbound in self-patterned Japanese cloth with leather spine label in red with gilt lettering. One in an edition of 230 copies. Fine.
Elizabeth Harris was Curator of Graphic Arts at the Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington. D.C.
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