HUCHER Eugène 1814-1889 - Lot 546

HUCHER Eugène 1814-1889 Gallic art or the Gauls according to their medals. Morel-Didron & Morel-Rollin publishers Volume containing 1st and 2nd part. Tome I 1868, Paris 63pp & 101 plates Volume II 1874, Paris 160pp with numerous illustrations in text First edition. In Quarto Raisin. Antique binding 1/2 blue leather, matching fancy paper boards. 310x250mm (weight 2100 g) Very good condition inside and out, spine slightly faded (unstained). In 1864, Eugène Hucher was invited to the Sorbonne Congress to present a general overview of his work (published in 1865) under the title L'Art gaulois ou les Gaulois d'après leurs médailles. This work, which combines archaeology and numismatics, is always accompanied by plates of drawings by Eugène Hucher himself (which has become his trademark). Thanks to this work, he was awarded the Prix de Numismatique by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1869. Ex Libris JRC de M