MEDALLAS EUROPEAS RELATIVAS A AMÉRICA.
Buenos Aires: Talleres S.A. Casa Jacobo Peuser, 1924. Small 4to, contemporary brown quarter morocco with mottled sides; spine with four raised bands, lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers; original printed card covers bound in. xv, (1), 377, (7) pages; halftone illustrations of medals throughout the text. Untrimmed. Binding lightly rubbed; contents near fine. Item #7789
A well-preserved copy of this scarce and important work, based on the author’s own collection. Covers medals for North, Central and South America. 492 medals are carefully described, with historical notes. In recent years, copies of this title have been selling for considerably more than they often realized in the past, attesting to a greater appreciation of Medina’s work. Behar 3515. Clain-Stefanelli 14842. Ferrari * 935. Mateu y Llopis 334. Roberts 151. Schaible 319. Ex Barry Tayman Library, with his bookplate.
Price: $900.00