napoleon delaroche paul henriquel dupont (1 Ergebnisse)

First and only edition of this volume in Collas's monumental historical survey of European medals, seals and cameos, the plates produced by his patented engraving process. The present volume dedicated to portraying the career of Napoleon through medals. Collas's device could trace the surface of a medal reproducing its contours with startling visual accuracy in two dimensions, graving lines down to 200 per inch. Originally issued in four-page parts, each accompanied by a single plate, the Trésor de numismatique et de glyptique ran for 24 years, building to 20 volumes, and reproducing some 15,000 items in all. Folio (415 x 280 mm). With 72 plates on thick wove paper, finely engraved using Collas's anaglyptographic process. Contemporary very dark greenish blue morocco-grained half roan, spine gilt lettered direct, low flat bands with gilt rules, blind panels to compartments, Gloster pattern marbled boards and edges, double gilt rules to spine and corner edges, light greenish yellow surface-paper endpapers. Binding with colour neatly retouched in places, a little rubbing to extremities, small patch of adhesion damage to the gutter at the front endpapers, minor loss; some foxing to the text as usual, heavier toward the front, the plates typically less affected but with some largely marginal foxing throughout but the first and last few plates more generally, remains very good.