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Auction: 19020 - British and World Historic and Commemorative Medals and Tokens: e-Auction 3
Lot: 258

Commemorative Medals package: The English Civil Wars: Medals, Historical Commentary and Personalities by J & A Platt, 2013 hardback, The two volumes are an essential addition to the libraries of all who have an interest in the medals, personalities and events of the English Civil Wars, during which medals as rewards for gallantry and campaign service were introduced. They provide detailed information which is indispensable for the collector, numismatist, auction house specialist and Civil War enthusiast as well as for the military or art historian with an interest in the period.

Together with British Historical Medals of the 17th Century: Medallists, Books, Authors, Collectors, Booksellers & Antiquaries, by Jerome J & A Platt, 2017, hardback, This volume presents the published works on 17th century British medals that appeared in the late 17th century through to the 19th century as well as biographies of the authors. It also surveys those medallists who created the medals, the major collectors of the medals, the great collections that we know of through auction catalogues, the antiquaries and chroniclers who wrote on the period.

The lot also includes An Introduction to Commemorative Medals in England 1685-1746: their religious, political and artistic significance, Brian Harding, paperback, first published 2011, reprinted 2017, all in new condition (3)

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