NEW BOOK: FOUR MAINZ ENGRAVERS

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The E-Sylum: Volume 25, Number 5, January 30, 2022, Article 5

NEW BOOK: FOUR MAINZ ENGRAVERS

Battenberg Verlag has published a new about four key engravers/medalists from the city of Mainz, Germany. Here's a Google-translated description from the publisher's website. -Editor

The Mainz Medalist Quartet
August and Jakob Stieler, Johann Lindenschmit and Ferdinand Korn

One knows mint masters, Wardeine, but usually not the medalists, the designers of the coins and medals. Four medalists come from Mainz and have also worked for numerous mints. Her other stations were Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Koblenz, Limburg, Arolsen and Bern. While August and Jakob Stieler, father and son, as well as Johann Lindenschmit came from well-known artistic families, Ferdinand Korn became the most famous mint director and medalist. The wildest rumors were circulating about him.

ISBN: 978-3-86646-218-2
Edition: 1st edition 2022
Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm
Type of figures: colored throughout
Type of cover: hard cover
Number of pages: approx. 128
EUR 24.90 VAT included.

For more information, or to order, see:
Das Mainzer Medailleursquartett (https://www.battenberg-gietl.de/produkt/das-mainzer-medailleursquartett)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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