I am thinking about getting the book(s) on the
De Luynes collection, but my
French is
poor, and I would mainly be interested in it for the pictures. I assume they are photographs, but I don't necessarily know that. Are they photographs and how well are they done? Should I expect Greek (my main focus), or does it also have
Roman,
Byzantine and or
Medieval? I know it is presented by
Babelon and I am sure it would be interesting especially if I could find a translation. I believe
De Luynes wrote a book on Metaponte, Southern
Italy being the focus of my focus.
I have the
Gulbenkian two volumes, "
Greek Coins" (
Kraay and Hirmer), the
Dewing collection and
SNG Copenhagen, I am always interested in finding (for me) new
rarities and artistic wonders. Should I expect to find anything new and beautiful in the
De Luynes collection or have I probably already seen it before, elsewhere?
De Luynes is in a different time period and different wonders where available at that time, again does the variety and
quality of the coins, and of the photography make it worthwhile looking at the
De Luynes collection, even if I might struggle with the
French? Inquiring minds want to know.
Kind Regards,
JBF
John