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Archive Print Item: Ancient History H-0.61/CHA

A treatise of the revenue and false money of the Romans; to which is annexed a dissertation upon the mannner of distinguishing antique medals from counterfeit ones. Translated from the original printed at Paris 1740

Chassepol, Françoise de; Beauvais, Guillaume (1698-1773)

1741

Page 225 incorrectly numbered 255.

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Archive Print Item: BC Lt/VER

Verses on the coronation of their late majesties King George II. and Queen Caroline, October 11, MDCCXXVII. Spoken by the scholars of Westminster school, (some of them now the ornaments of the nation) on January 15. following, being the day of the inauguration of Queen Elizabeth, their foundress : With a translation of all the Latin copies. The whole placed in the order of the transactions of that important day. Adorned with the coronation medals of the royal pair, and a bust of our present king. To which is subjoined the ceremonial of the august procession, very proper to be compared with the approaching one; and a catalogue of the coronation medals of the kings and queens of England

Westminster School

1761

Anon.

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Archive Item: BC MS Misc. Letters 2 Carter

Letters from John Carter to Thomas Barrett, with related material.

Carter, John

1781-1794

Comprises 11 autograph letters from John Carter to Thomas Barrett of Canterbury between 27 May 1781 and 11 November 1794 concerning paintings and 1 print of 'The Inigo Jones Medal, executed for the Ar...

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Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection J345

The great exhibitions sale : two centuries of international art and design from the World's Fairs

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby's (Firm)

2006

Includes index of manufacturers, designer, and sitters and chronology of World's Fairs 1851-1975. Lot nos. 500-672. London 1851: Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations -- New Yor...

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Archive Print Item: Holden Library K-0/WAL

An essay on ancient coins, medals, and gems : as illustrating the progress of Christianity in the early ages

Walsh, R (1772-1852)

1828

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Archive Sub-collection: LRA/MS 1093

SOLOGUB, Leonid Romanovich (1884-1956)

1916, 1924, 1980s

Catalogue of L R Sologub's exhibition "Na voine" (Petrograd, 1916) /1/. L Sologoub "Catalogus der Tentoonstelling van Russische Kunstschilders" (Den Haag, 1924) /2/. Photograph of medallion showing ...

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Archive Sub-collection: LRA/MS 1256

LUNN & SMITH Families

1870s-1970s, 1995

Gertrude A Smith (née Ford): Moscow City bonds, 1912 /1-12/. James Ford Smith (1877-1949): education, sporting, marriage and teaching documents, 1898-1902, 1907, 1912, 1918, 1943 /13-41/; letters (s...

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Archive Sub-collection: LRA/MS 1399

BABYCH Family

1856-1961

PAVEL DENIS'EVICH BABYCH (1807-1883): Military service records etc, 1856-1883 /1-4/; death certificate for Dar'ia Fedotovna Babych, 1881/1906 /5/. MIKHAIL PAVLOVICH BABYCH (1844-1918): Citations for...

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Archive Print Item: Large Leeds Phil. and Lit. U FLE

Medailles du regne de Louis XV

Godonnesche; Fleurimont, G R

[1748]

Anon., by Godonnesche and G. R. Fleurimont. The plates consist of medals with descriptive letterpress within ornamental border; engraved throughout. Front. drawn by Le Moine, engr. by Cars.

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Archive Print Item: Large Leeds Phil. and Lit. U HED

Oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger ou Recueil des médailles de ce célèbre artiste : gravées en taille douce, accompagnées d'une explication historique et critique, et précédées de la vie de l'auteur (v.1-2)

Hedlinger, Johann Carl (1691-1771); Mechel, Christian von (1737-1817)

1776-78

Engraved t.p. Vol. 2 has title: Explication historique et critique des médailles de l'oeuvre du Chevalier Hedlinger, pr[226]ecédée de l'éloge historique de ce célébre artiste. Par Chretien de ...

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Archive Print Item: Large Leeds Phil. and Lit. U/PIN

The medallic history of England to the revolution : With forty plates

Pinkerton, John (1758-1826)

1790

Anonymous. By John Pinkerton. A variant state has Faulder and his address erased from the imprint.

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Archive Print Item: Large Leeds Russian Archive 4927

Medals and coins of the age of Peter the Great

Spasskiĭ, I G; Shchukina, E S; Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)

1974

Added t.p.: Medali i monety Petrovskogo vremeni. English and Russian. At head of title: From the Hermitage collection.

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