Title: The Lincoln centennial medal, presenting the medal of Abraham Lincoln by Jules Édouard Roiné together with papers on the medal: its origin and symbolism by George N. Olcott and the Lincoln centennial commemoration by Richard Lloyd Jones and certain characteristic utterances of Abraham Lincoln Author: Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Date: 1908 Description: x, 70 + [6] pp. With original bronze medal of Lincoln set in pastepaper diecut mount bound into the book. 19x12 cm. (7½x4¾"), original blue cloth lettered in gilt, circular pictorial label. First Edition. The Centennial Medal is a high relief bronze sculpted by Jules Edouard Roiné with Lincoln in profile looking left on the obverse and, on the reverse, a mixed wreath of palm and oak, enclosing Lincoln's facsimile autograph incised into the surface and the words "Emancipation Proclamation Signed January First 1863". At top edge is the word "Liberator" and at the bottom "1909 Centennial Commemoration". Lot Amendments Condition: Some chipping to cover label; near fine. Item number: 237581
Title: The Lincoln centennial medal, presenting the medal of Abraham Lincoln by Jules Édouard Roiné together with papers on the medal: its origin and symbolism by George N. Olcott and the Lincoln centennial commemoration by Richard Lloyd Jones and certain characteristic utterances of Abraham Lincoln Author: Place: New York Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Date: 1908 Description: x, 70 + [6] pp. With original bronze medal of Lincoln set in pastepaper diecut mount bound into the book. 19x12 cm. (7½x4¾"), original blue cloth lettered in gilt, circular pictorial label. First Edition. The Centennial Medal is a high relief bronze sculpted by Jules Edouard Roiné with Lincoln in profile looking left on the obverse and, on the reverse, a mixed wreath of palm and oak, enclosing Lincoln's facsimile autograph incised into the surface and the words "Emancipation Proclamation Signed January First 1863". At top edge is the word "Liberator" and at the bottom "1909 Centennial Commemoration". Lot Amendments Condition: Some chipping to cover label; near fine. Item number: 237581
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