Medina, Jose Toribio (1919)
Book Summary
4to [30 by 22.5 cm], later brown quarter morocco with maroon cloth sides; spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt; red morocco spine label, gilt; speckled page edges; decorative endpapers with cloth hinges; original printed card covers bound in. Frontispiece portrait of Vernon; (2), xxii, 110, (2) pages; halftone text illustrations of medals. Fine. A particularly fresh copy of this rare work, of which only 100 copies were printed. Until the modern work published by John W. Adams and Fernando Chao, this was the best work on this fascinating and extensive series. Adams has praised Medina's work for its balanced presentation of the historical background to these medals, stating that more than any other author on the Vernon series up to this point, Medina immersed himself in relevant primary sources. Behar 3521. Clain-Stefanelli 14694. Gresham (Roberts) MNR-9, estimating that ten or fewer copies are still extant (probably a touch low). Mateu y Llopis 334. Schaible 259.
