Excerpt from Italian Medals<br><br>English translation would be practically a second edition of his work. As, however, the proposed arrangement broke down, Mrs. Hamilton has simply translated the book as it stands. A few insignificant additions have been made in the footnotes, and distinguished by the use of square brackets. It need hardly be said that the author is in no way responsible for the work in its English form, except in so far as it faith fully renders the German text. I have had the opportunity of revising the translation both in manuscript and in type. The majority of the illustrations are from the same blocks as were used for the original work but in the case of the medals by Vittore Pisano and Pasti, and that of Tomaso Rangone, new blocks have been made, in all cases without reduction.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.