Robin Halwas Booksellers ■ Agents and Dealers in Fine Art

...Michel de Vascosan in 1559, and the latest book of the group.... .... Reliure fatiguée au dos et au coins des plats.”)● Librairie Damascè......(9 September 1572) was the occasion for producing an “Inventaire après dé.......313 (“Superb Grolieresque binding, for Louis de St Maur, Marquis de Nelle”) [....... Reliure fatiguée au dos et au coins des plats.”)● Librairie Damascè...

...Binder” (Andrea di Lorenzo?) for “Alex. Rha.” are known. They cover... ...in 1574.2 Alexios made his first visit to Italy in 1539-1540, when he led......to Venice, at his own expense, for uncertain purposes and for an......joined the team of scribes working for Hurtado de Mendoza. The Mendoza......more than 100 such bindings for Hurtado de Mendoza and other......produce standard “trade bindings” for the book-buying public. He records......on books printed after 1534, the latest one a Venetian book printed in 1543 (...

.... They are evidence of the fashion for medallion bindings that developed......during the 1550s, just as the taste for them was waning in Italy.... .... The models were Roman imperial coins, antique intaglios, Renaissance and......more than half of these were made for one or another of four col­lectors.......their charges were higher than for ordinary work, and the extra......were thus normally reserved for special copies or special clients........ They are evidence of the fashion for medallion bindings which developed....... The models were Roman imperial coins, antique intaglios, Renaissance and...

...which he had designed projects for the new Louvre and carved a marble......draughtsman, specifically for this purpose” (Timothy Clifford).... ...Ltd in association with Sotheby’s, ‘Coins and Medals including Renaissance......which he had designed projects for the new Louvre and carved a marble......The source for the portrait on the obverse......a draughtsman, specifically for this purpose. Indeed the agitated......style, sug­gesting that the design for the medal may have been pro­duced......Ltd in association with Sotheby’s, ‘Coins and Medals including Renaissance...

...the very early days of printing, for the purposes of sale or bibliophile... ...-1676, 1679, 1709, 1937, 2581).On a visit to Chardin’s shop some years......”. This “Fyot” also perfected for Chardin two copies of the 1499......his suspicion of Chardin’s motive for commissioning them:....... He has a great passion for making his Alduses perfect by means......in a surprisingly perfect manner: for you can scarcely, by candle-light,......sale in 1824 (lot 1937).7The latest of Fyot’s signed and dated......Library, Mss 4669, 4670). The latest is perhaps the “Catalogue de la......administrators, New York, 25-26 October 1933, lot 220 (“...

...Kutaifa. Nask. Gúldista. Spandrils. Coins. Pinnacles (pl. xxxviii); plate Jálí......, Prinsep obtained a position for him which allowed for wide travel.......a leaf of text (presumably for part xiv) and eighteen plates, with......public duties the Author has had for several years past to perform, and......renders his immediate departure for Europe necessary, he has decided......Kutaifa. Nask. Gúldista. Spandrils. Coins. Pinnacles (pl. xxxviii); plate Jálí...

...Simeon in Zadar: Collecting ancient coins and casts after the antique in......executed in Milan about 1510 for Jean Grolier.) Hobson’s......bindings: a second supplement” in For the love of the binding: Studies in......Simeon in Zadar: Collecting ancient coins and casts after the antique in...

..., British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals (bronze, 37.8 mm) ●......Commemorative medal for the mosaic on the Quirinal......papal coin and medal production for nearly two centuries. In 1676 he......Museum, including the models for the present medal (obverse and......September 1700).4 It was customary for the Pope to issue each year on 29......, Inv. 2271 (silver, 39 mm, 26.73 g) ● Vienna, Kunsthistorisches......di belle arti, new series, 25–26 (1985), p.75: ‘Quattro medaglie d’......, British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals (bronze, 37.8 mm) ●...

...). This foundation medal for the twin churches in the Piazza del... ...’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,......Foundation medal for the twin churches in the Piazza del......the evidential value of the medal for Rainaldi’s design, see Hellmut......’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,...

...to acquire civic offices: caporione for rione Colonna (1613), life-time... .... de fil. avec entredeux de dent., coins ornés, dos orné, tr. dor. (Rel.......of payments by Domenico to Bordone for unspecified “legature di libri”,......“MM” and “CC” are matters for speculation. They might designate......di Calatrava” were obtained for Domenico by intercession of......by a lion, gilt back, g. e. … For the water-mark on the end-papers, a......earliest dated 24 March 1640, the latest 28 July 1660, are recorded in....... de fil. avec entredeux de dent., coins ornés, dos orné, tr. dor. (Rel....

..., faceted gems, and a diameter gauge for pricing pearls, taken from the... ...the fineness of practically all the coins struck at the Spanish mints were......, publishing there in 1572 for the use of artists engaged in......the ‘square of the weight’ rule for pricing diamonds.1 He writes of......Precision balance for the weighing of precious metals and......, faceted gems, and a diameter gauge for pricing pearls, all taken from the......the fineness of practically all the coins struck at the Spanish mints were...

...). Among the former, the books, prints, coins, and Kunst-Stücke in the......– and his detailed entries for several printmakers continue to be....... 2. Hüsgen’s articles for Hans ‘Sebald’ Beham (pp.22–65,......). Among the former, the books, prints, coins, and Kunst-Stücke in the...

.... The foundation medal for the suburban church of Santa Maria......Bernini’s responsibility for the design of the commemorative... ...’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,......Foundation medal for S. Maria dell’Assunzione, Ariccia......The foundation medal for the suburban church of Santa Maria......entry in the diary of Alexander vii for 13 December 1661, documents Bernini’......responsibility for the design of the present medal,......’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,...

...’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,......had been produced about 1586 for a medal commemorating the erection......Cellini. They engraved dies for the Florentine coinage, and also......’s, ‘Ancient English and Foreign Coins, Banknotes, and Commemorative medals’,...

...1628 the principal author of texts for theatrical entertainments at the......court. Music for the spectacle (now lost) was... ...The occasion was a quasi-diplomatic visit to Florence of Henri ii Bourbon,......– which had stimulated his visit.3 According to the court diarist,......by the court during Condé’s visit (Jacopo Cicognini’s La finta mora)......1628 the principal author of texts for theatrical entertain­ments at the......court. Music for the spectacle (now lost) was......ii, occupied the primo luogo for the performance, followed by (in......twice the number of pages needed for the libretto). In explicating the......quarto (240 × 150 mm), (26) ff. signed A–E4 F6 (blank F6),...

...of religious edifice and mausoleum for the Malatesta family. The view of... ...provenance Sotheby’s, ‘Coins and medals’, London, 5 July 1994,......Foundation medal for the Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini......of religious edifice and mausoleum for the Malatesta family, and this......project that were never carried out, for which reason ‘Questa medaglia......Alberti’s unrealised inten­tions for the Tempio Malatestiano, including......provenance Sotheby’s, ‘Coins and medals’, London, 5 July 1994,...

...­hunderte’, besides collections of coins, shells, and coral.......of Bamberg in 1007. In his entry for the Kollegiatstift St. Stephan,......­hunderte’, besides collections of coins, shells, and coral....

...” – vases, marbles, bronzes, coins, gems, etc. – then unpublished, or......” – vases, marbles, bronzes, coins, gems, etc. – then unpublished, or... ...’ – vases, marbles, bronzes, coins, gems, etc. – which were....... London, [printed for the author at Paris by Firmin Didot],......such plates are unsigned, except for one (ii, plate xiv) bearing the......’ in The Burlington Maga­zine for Connoisseurs 6 (November 1904), pp.......; part of his collection was bought for the Berlin Museum in 1828.......’ – vases, marbles, bronzes, coins, gems, etc. – which were...

...: “Souvenir of your first visit to the shop, Feb. 28, 1983. ER =......library. You wouldn’t ask for a better provenance. B[ernard......(pls.I-XXXVI; all in colour except for pls.XXIX-XXX), text illustrations....

...not yet seventeen years of age) and for three centuries the only woman to... ..., British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals (87.8 mm)10 ● Madrid,....... 10. British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, A guide to the......yet seven­teen years of age) and for three centuries the only woman to......on twenty-six devo­tional medals for pilgrims (oval or oblong, mostly 22 ×......1. The annual medal for Pope John Paul ii in 1989 was......College Museum of Art, 4 March–26 April 1981, David and Alfred Smart......’ in Medaglia 18 (1983), p.25 fig. 26. This example also reproduced by......, British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals (87.8 mm)10 ● Madrid,....... 10. British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals, A guide to the...