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This item WAS NOT SOLD. Auction date was 2015 Apr 25 @ 11:00UTC-5 : EST/CDT
A buyer’s premium of 17.5% will be added to the cost of all lots purchased. See shipping info and full terms.
Mechel, Chretien de. EXPLICATION HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE DES MÉDAILLES DE L'OEUVRE DU CHEVALIER HEDLINGER, PRÉCÉDÉE DE L'ÉLOGIE HISTORIQUE DE CE CÉLÈBRE ARTISTE. Basel, 1776-78. Two volumes, bound in one. Folio [34 by 25.5 cm], contemporary brown half morocco with marbled boards; spine decorated in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. Finely engraved title; finely engraved dedication with a superb vignette; 40 magnificent engraved plates of medals; xxxiv, (2), 64 pages; finely engraved headpiece and tailpiece; woodcut tailpieces. Binding worn, with spine chipped and cracking; interiors fine. One of the most handsomely produced of all eighteenth-century works on numismatics. Johann Karl Hedlinger (1691-1771) was a Swiss medalist known mainly for his historical medals, many of which he executed as medalist of the court at Stockholm. Having previously worked as a goldsmith and in the Lucerne, Paris and Stockholm mints, he ended up serving as chief engraver of the Stockholm Mint for much of his career. Chretien de (Christian von) Mechel (1737-1817) was a highly skilled Swiss engraver, being "graveur de S.A.S. Monseigneur l'Électeur Palatin et membre de diverses académies," according to the 1778 title page. His work on Hedlinger medals is one of his finest efforts, and is generally encountered as here, with a 1778-dated text volume married to a 1776-dated plate volume. Forrer devotes a dozen pages and several illustrations to Hedlinger, citing de Mechel's work in the bibliography, and terming Hedlinger "one of the foremost Medallists of the eighteenth century." Brunet III: 77 (9594). Clain-Stefanelli 15015. Lipsius 179. Strandberg 115.
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141 W. Johnstown Rd., Gahanna, Ohio, 43230, United States
Taxes:
| Tax | Rate | Desc. |
| OHIO |
7.5% |
OH State Tax |
Buyer's Premiums:
| From (Incl.) | To (Excl.) | Premium |
| 0.00 |
Infinite |
17.5% |
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