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Foley Collection of English Medals of the 15th-17th Centuries

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Subject: English Medals of the 15th-17th Centuries

With nearly 600 lots of individual medals, such a dispersal is exceedingly rare and has hardly been equalled in size and scope for completeness in the last 100 years. Well illustrated heavy catalogue of 591 lots with extensive text. This catalogue is an invaluable reference work for any serious collector of English Medals.

Auction house: Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury
Date: 16 October 2014
Condition: As New

(Weight:Heavy)
Price £9

Ref:23063

Colonel Francis Hacker 1618-1660

English soldier who fought for Parliament during the English Civil War and one of the Regicides of King Charles I of England.

Engraved by James Caulfield 1764-1826

Size 28 x 23 cm

Price £16.00

Ref:3362

Sir Joseph Banks 1743-1820 Explorer and botanist

Naturalist, patron of science and President of the Royal Society, 1778-1820. Banks sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour, 1768-71, and compiled a unique natural history collection. Banks held a position of great influence in the scientific world and he advised on ventures such as the Kew Botanic Gardens and the first British colonies in Australia.

Engraved by Wagstaff
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 27 x 19 cm

Price £14.00

Ref:3340

Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort 1766-1835

Henry Charles Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort, KG, styled Marquess of Worcester until 1803, was a British politician.

Engraved by T.A.Dean 1847
Painted by Thomas Philips
Size 28 x 22 cm

Price £14.00

Ref:3310

William Pitt Amherst 1773-1857

William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, GCH, PC was a British diplomat and colonial administrator. He was Governor-General of India between 1823 and 1828.