Sir George Francis Hill
Personal Information
Description
director and principal librarian of the British Museum, specialist in Renaissance medals.
Books
Coins and medals
Historical Roman coins from the earliest times to the reign of Augustus
A Corpus Of Italian Medals Of The Renaissance Before Cellini. Plates
Reprint - Folio, original matching black cloth and mustard boards, printed spine labels, gilt; jackets. title printed in red and black; extremely detailed descriptions; text figures, superb plates of medals. Jackets rubbed; else fine. A well- produced reprint of this classic and most-important work, covering in great detail “the known varieties of medals produced by italian artists from 1390 to about 1530.” A monumental achievement. While the reprint’s illustrations cannot match the quality of the original, they are of good quality and the work as a whole is well-done. Clain-Stefanelli 14287*. Grierson 256.
A Corpus Of Italian Medals Of The Renaissance Before Cellini. Text
Reprint - Folio, original matching black cloth and mustard boards, printed spine labels, gilt; jackets. title printed in red and black; extremely detailed descriptions; text figures, superb plates of medals. Jackets rubbed; else fine. A well- produced reprint of this classic and most-important work, covering in great detail “the known varieties of medals produced by italian artists from 1390 to about 1530.” A monumental achievement. While the reprint’s illustrations cannot match the quality of the original, they are of good quality and the work as a whole is well-done. Clain-Stefanelli 14287*. Grierson 256.
