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Lot 3147: [GUTENBERG, JOHANN.]

Est: $300 USD - $500 USD
BonhamsNew York, NY, USJune 23, 2010

Item Overview

Description

DESCHAMPS, LEON. Bronze medallion, [circa 1900], 75 mm diameter, double-sided, depicting the profile of Gutenberg on one side, "JEAN GUTENBERG - INVENTEUR DE L'IMPRIMERIE NE EN 1400 MORT EN 1468" around the circumference, a tableau of a printing press, books, and olive branches, "LA LUMIERE FUT" above, rim stamped "BRONZE," some light wear to patina.

See illustration.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

Books and Manuscripts

by
Bonhams
June 23, 2010, 12:00 PM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US