Scher stephen aimee christopher eimer (1 risultati)
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Da: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condizione: VG+/VG+. A dark gray casebound book with the title in debossed bronze lettering down the spine. There is a color illustrated matte dust jacket with the title in brown and in blue down a white spine. The free and pasted end pages are red. Pages: (5), 6-655. Profusely illustrated with color images. Contents…are as follows: Introduction -- Hunting the wild aftercast: confessions of a medal collector / by Stephen K. Scher -- Note to the reader / by Aimee Ng -- Italy. Art at its apex: the medals of Italy / by Ulrich Pfisterer -- Germany and Austria. A handy mirror for princes and citizens: the rise and dissemination of medals in Germany / by Martin Hirsch -- France. "Proof stones of history": the medal in France, 1400-1900 / by Mark Jones -- The Netherlands. Perspectives in metal: a history of medals of the Low Countries / by Jan Pelsdonk -- England. Illustrating an island nation: the medals of Britain / by Christopher Eimer -- Russia and Scandinavia. The tale of the elephant, the lion, the dragon and other extinct animals: the early history of medallic art in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia / by Marie-Astrid Pelsdonk -- Switzerland, Mexico, and the United States -- Artist biographies -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.
