Hill, G.F., and Graham Pollard. RENAISSANCE MEDALS FROM THE SAMUEL H. KRESS COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. BASED ON THE CATALOGUE OF RENAISSANCE MEDALS IN THE GUSTAVE DREYFUS COLLECTION. London: Phaidon, 1967. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 4to, later brown half morocco with marbled sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt; black morocco spine label, gilt; top page edges gilt. x, 307, (3) pages; heavily illustrated. Fore-edge worn, else near fine. A finely bound copy of this important work, the revision of Hill’s masterful 1931 catalogue of this extraordinary collection. Modesti 1423: “un’opera basilare e indispensabile nel panorama della bibliografia medaglistica, che non dovrebbe mancare in alcuna biblioteca specializzata.” Ex Laurence Albert Brown Library, with his Tolkien-inspired bookplate on pastedown.
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