[Rarebooks] FS: "The Napoleon Medals" London: 1837

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(NUMISMATICS) Edwards, Edward (ed.). THE NAPOLEON MEDALS: a Complete Series 
of the Medals Struck in France, Italy, Great Britain and Germany, from the 
Commencement of the Empire in 1804, to the Restoration in 1815, Engraved by 
the Process of Achilles Collas, with Historical and Biographical Notices. 
London: Henry Hering. 1837. Lg. folio (16-1/2" x 11"). x,168pp. Plus a 
frontispiece and 40 plates with multiple images, done by an early photo-engraving 
process. Later 1/2 black calf, gilt ornamented spine, over textured gray 
cloth. A portion of the original brown cloth, gilt, with the printed title, is 
mounted on the front cover. Plates with some foxing. Title page with some 
offset browning from the frontispiece. Dark stain at top fore-edge of final 
plates (images not affected). Small oval library blind stamp at bottom of title 
page and one other leaf. Bound in at front are the prospectuses for 2 other 
contemporary medallic plate books.     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work only covers the Napoleonic medals issued from May 18, 1804 to 
Aug. 18, 1810. A second part, to complete the work to 1815, was never 
published. The plates are engraved by the process developed by Achilles Collas in 
France in the 1830s.

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