Original Set of Gnecchi’s Medaglioni Romani

Gnecchi, Francesco. I MEDAGLIONI ROMANI. Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1912. Three volumes, complete. Folio, later matching brown half calf with marbled sides; spines with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt; decorative endpapers; original pictorial card covers bound in. lxviii, 83, (5); (16), 158, (6); (16), 234, (6) pages; fine frontispiece portrait of the author seated in his library examining a coin; titles printed in red and black; 162 superb plates. Bindings a bit rubbed; near fine. The very rare original edition of this comprehensive standard reference work on Roman medallions. The plates are immeasurably superior to those in the reprint. Clain-Stefanelli 4963*. Grierson 84.