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Welcome to the Books on Medallic Art section of Biblionumis, where you will find a carefully curated selection of texts exploring the world of medals. This category is designed for collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts who wish to deepen their knowledge of medallic art, an ancient craft that celebrates historical events, illustrious personalities, and memorable achievements through the creation of medals. The books in this section offer detailed analysis of minting techniques, the history of medals, and the symbolic meanings associated with these works of art. You will find works covering medals from all eras, from the Renaissance to the present day, with a particular focus on commemorative, religious, military, and sports medals. Each volume is accompanied by high-quality images, precise descriptions, and historical insights, making this section an essential resource for anyone looking to explore medallic art in depth. Whether you are seeking texts to enrich your collection or to conduct specialized studies, Biblionumis' books on medallic art will guide you through the fascinating world of medals, revealing their artistic, historical, and cultural significance. Discover our collection of Books on Medallic Art now and embark on a journey through the history and art of minting.
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Casolari, Sports medals from...
€60.00Gianfranco Casolari, Sports medals from Umberto I to Vittorio Emanuele III and Benito Mussolini, Asta del Titano, San Marino 2008, pp. 100, richly illustrated in colour, 31 cm, softcover ed.
In perfect condition.
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Bartolotti, The papal medals of...
€100.00Franco Bartolotti, The papal medals of the highest module from Pius IX to Pius XI, Stabilimento Tipo-Lito Garattoni, Rimini 1971, pp. 128, richly illustrated, 32 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front cover, impressed decorations on the covers.
In excellent condition. Uncommon publication.
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Turkish, Medals of maximum...
€48.00Tarcisio Turco, Medals of maximum module minted in Rome during the pontificate of Pius IX, Tipografia Santa Lucia, Rome 1977, pp. 45, richly illustrated, cm 22, softcover ed.
Prestige edition of 500 out-of-print copies reserved for Mint employees.
Beautiful large bookplate on the first page.
Small white label on the back.
In excellent condition. Extremely rare.
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European Gothic Churches, Medals...
€26.00European Gothic Churches, Medals from the 17th to the 20th Century, Centro Grafico Linate, Milan 1986, pp. 211, richly illustrated, cm 23, softcover ed.
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan from 16 October 1986 to 27 January 1987.
At the top of the frontispiece: VI centenary of the Milan Cathedral, 1386-1986.
Variant title: Medal Exhibition, European Gothic Churches.
Small price tag on back cover.
Slight traces of use on the cover, otherwise in excellent condition. Rare.
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Rusticucci, The Counterfeiting...
€120.00Luigi Rusticucci, The Counterfeiting of Money, with a preface by HE Luigi Luzzatti, Giuseppe Cesari Publishing House, Ascoli Piceno 1924, pp. IX, 233, 10 plates, including a splendid fold-out colored lithographic plate, 25x20 cm, reproducing an example of engraving and printing of security paper carried out at the A. Staderini Factory (Rome), 20 cm, softcover edition.
Index: Counterfeiters; How they are organized and how they operate; The various systems in use for counterfeiting; The prices of counterfeit paper; Counterfeiting of banknotes and securities; Zincographic and lithographic reproductions - Series - Signatures - Control stamps - Paper - Inks - Satin finishing - Colors - Varnishing of banknotes; Paper and watermarks; How watermarks are obtained; The watermarks of the banknotes of our Issuing Institutes; False watermarks; Expedients against counterfeiting; For a better banknote; The counterfeit banknotes in circulation in Italy; Recognizing counterfeits; Counterfeiting of Public Credit coupons; Treasury bonds and Consolidated coupons; The manufacture of paper money and government securities; War coins; Exceptional war coins; The war coin; Infection in paper money - Millions of microbes in 1 and 2 lire Treasury Bonds; Our Cash Bonds; The replacement of Cash Bonds with nickel coins; Fascist gold coins; The new 10 lire State note; The latest types of 1000-500-100-50 and 25 banknotes of the Bank of Italy - Banco di Napoli and Banco di Sicilia; Metal coins; The manufacturing of coins in the State Mint; The last Papal Mint; The Italian Mint; In the Mint; Processing in the Mint; The minting of coins; Balance wheels; Working of land; The invention of dies and presses; Dies and pantographs; False dies - Contrefire - Electroengraving; The Fert, the Stars and the knots; Metal alloys; Metal alloys used in the State Mint; Metal alloys used by forgers; Alloys for nickel: copper and bronze; Casting; Forgeries using the casting method; The manufacturing of moulds; Molds obtained with made-stents - sulfur - stearin - gutta-percha and metal; Metal molds; The galvano-plastic process; Operation and formulas; Gold plating, silver plating and copper plating; Ancient counterfeit coins; Appraisals and analyses of counterfeit coins; Origin of money; A look at the origin of metal and paper coins and the first banks in Italy; The first banks; The banks of issue; The penalties; Ancient penalties and modern penalties imposed on counterfeiters; Stamp forgers; Stamp forgers; A stamp forger.
Light browning, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare.
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To the subscribers for the...
€120.00Homage to the subscribers for the first centenary of the Royal Numismatic Cabinet and National Medal Collection of Brera and for the honors to Solone Ambrosoli, Tip. Crespi, Milan 1908, pp. 125, richly illustrated, 2 beautiful frontispiece plates, 25 cm, splendid blue chromolithograph ed. cover with black and red titles and gold decorations.
At the top of the title page: Circolo Numismatico Milanese.
On the frontispiece: Notes on numismatics and medals, archive gleanings edited by Serafino Ricci.
Contents: Alberto Simonetti, To the Royal Numismatic Cabinet; Pompeo Castelfranco, Gallic Coins of Transpadana; Giovanni Pansa, A Circled Medallion of Marcus Aurelius; Paolo Orsi, EJ Haeberlin, For the Italic Aes Grave in Sicily; EJ Haeberlin, The Metrological Bases of the Most Ancient Monetary System in Central Italy (Open Letter to Prof. S. Ricci); Lorenzina Cesano, Roman-Sicilian Bronze from the National Roman Museum; Marco Strada, Pietro Tribolati, The Coins of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, First Duke of Milan; Adrien Blanchet, Unpublished Obole of Jean XXII; Quintilio Perini, The Coins Thrown to the People at the Solemn Coronation of Vincenzo II, Duke of Mantua (1627); Andrea Balletti, The Bagattini of Ercole I in the Mint of Reggio Emilia; Alessandro Lisini, Medal of Antonio Spannocchi; Fernand Mazerolle, La médaille d'Antoine Leclerc de la Forêt, d'Auxerre (1618); Vittorio Salvaro, Veronese medal studies; Luigi Rizzoli jun., For the history of numismatics: Some letters addressed to the Marquis Tommaso degli Obizzi (1750-1803); J. Leite de Vasconcellos, O dinheiro na popular Portuguese poetry; Serafino Ricci, Archive Gleanings.
Very slight signs of age on the spine, otherwise in excellent condition.
Extremely rare.
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Magnaguti, Virgilian Numismatics
€26.00Alessandro Magnaguti, Numismatica Virgiliana, Tip. L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1953, pp. 18, richly illustrated, cm 24, contemporary silent book cover.
Extract.
Pencil notes.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Patrignani, The medals of...
€16.00A. Patrignani, The medals of Cardinal Raffaele Sansoni-Riario (1460-1521), L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1950, pp. 6, cm 24, softcover edition protected by contemporary silent paper.
Extract.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Patrignani, The medals of the...
€16.00A. Patrignani, The medals of the vacant seats, Tip. L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1954, pp. 9, cm 24, contemporary silent brochure.
Extract.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Negriolli, Italian Brotherhood...
€16.00Guido A. Negriolli, Italian Brotherhood with the Trentino Irredentist in Medals, Tip. L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1952, pp. 5, ill., cm 24, contemporary silent cover.
Extract.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Negriolli, Crisante di Sporo,...
€16.00Guido A. Negriolli, Crisante di Sporo. Hereditary Cupbearer of Tyrol, administrator in Schwaz (1540), sn, sl 1950, pp. 6, ill., cm 22, softcover ed. protected by contemporary silent paper.
Extract.
Historical-medalistic contribution in which a medal with the effigy of Chrysante, minted in Hall, is examined.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Negriolli, The monument to Dante...
€14.00GA Negriolli, The monument to Dante in Trento and the medals that commemorate him, Tip. L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1954, pp. 15, richly illustrated, cm 24, contemporary silent book cover.
Extract.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Rinaldi, 1848
€18.00Oscar Rinaldi, 1848, sn, Mantua 1948, pp. 20, richly illustrated, cm 24, softcover ed. protected by contemporary silent paper.
Extract.
Historical-medalistic contribution for the celebration of the centenary of 1848.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Berni, The Centenary of the...
€15.00G. Berni, El centenario del Ferrocarril en España. The centenary of the Railways in Spain, sn, Mantova 1949, pp. 7, ill., cm 24, softcover ed. protected by contemporary silent paper.
Extract.
Contribution with bilingual text presenting the medals minted for the Spanish railways.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Berni, The medals of the Holy...
€20.00Giulio Berni, The Medals of the Holy Year of 1950, Stab. Tip. L'Artistica di C. Gobbi, Mantua 1951, pp. 19, richly illustrated, cm 24, softcover edition protected by contemporary silent paper.
Extract.
Interesting contribution presenting 57 specimens.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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Gaeta in medals, Facts and...
€90.00Gaeta in the medals. Facts and characters from 1738 to the present day, edited by Ennio Albano, Cosmo Buonanno, Erasmo Vaudo, Centro Storico Culturale Gaeta, Gaeta 1982, pp. 90, richly illustrated, 23 cm, br. and.
Fundamental text for the study of the medals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
In good condition. Extremely rare.
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XII Philatelic Numismatic...
€28.00XII Philatelic Numismatic Convention and first exhibition in the city of Milan. With the presentation of studies and tests of coinage of the Italian Republic and of the latest medals minted by the Mint. Catalogue, sn, Milan 1980, pp. 18, richly illustrated, cm 24.
On the cover: Under the patronage of Il Gazzettino Numismatico, at the Congress Center, Hotel Michelangelo. Milan 80, 15 and 16 November.
In perfect condition. Extremely rare.
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Scheuch, Spenden-Medaillen aus...
€20.00Karl Scheuch, Spenden-Medaillen aus Porzellan und Ton der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen und anderen keramischen Fabriken des Inlandes, sn, Ober-Eschbach 1966, pp. 109, richly illustrated, 22 cm, br. and.
In perfect condition. Uncommon publication.
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Scheuch, Medaillen aus Porzellan...
€85.00Karl Scheuch, Medaillen aus Porzellan der Staatlichen Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen, 4 volumes, Ober-Eschbach 1967-1970, pp. 480 in total, richly illustrated, 22 cm, br. and.
Band I: Ausgabeorte A bis C, 1967, pp. 100.
Band II: Ausgabeorte D bis E, 1968, pp. 112.
Band III: Ausgabeorte F bis M, 1969, pp. 124.
Band IV: Ausgabeorte M (nur Meissen) bis Z, 1970, pp. 144.
In perfect condition. Complete and uncommon original work.
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Medals of the Kingdom of the Two...
€50.00Christie's, Medals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 30 April 1992, Grafica Ariete, Rome 1992, pp. 131, richly illustrated, 7 tablets. in color, 28 cm, editorial hardcover.
Fundamental catalog for the study of the medals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
In excellent condition.
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Medals of the Kingdom of the Two...
€28.00Christie's, Medals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, 30 April 1992, Grafica Ariete, Rome 1992, pp. 131, richly illustrated, 7 plates. in colour, 28 cm, editorial hardcover.
Fundamental catalog for the study of the medals of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Restoration with three-card adhesive tape, no losses, otherwise in very good condition..
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Bartolotti, The Annual Medal of...
€160.00Franco Bartolotti, The annual medal of the Roman Pontiffs from Paul V to Paul VI (1605-1967), Cosmi graphic establishment, Rimini 1967, pp. XXII, 478, richly illustrated, 32 cm, full cloth binding ed. with gold titles on the spine and front plate, impressed decorations on the plates.
In excellent condition. Rare.
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International Congress of...
€100.00International numismatics congress. Rome 11-16 September 1961, 2 volumes, Italian Institute of Numismatics, Rome, pp. 1173 overall, 47 plates, 25 cm, br. and.
At the top of the title page: Commission internationale de numismatique. Italian numismatic institute.
Volume I: Reports, 1961, pp. 435.
Volume II: Proceedings, 1965, pp. XXXII, 706, 47 pl. one of which folded.
In excellent condition.
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International Numismatics...
€46.00International Numismatics Congress. Rome 11-16 September 1961, Vol. 2, Proceedings, Italian Institute of Numismatics, Rome 1965, pp. XXXII, 706, 47 plates. of which one folded, 25 cm, br. and.
At the top of the title page: Commission Internationale de Numismatique. Italian Institute of Numismatics.
Sporadic scholarly pencil annotations.
In excellent condition.