num_pages: 454
description: Catalogue raisonne in two volumes based on the collections of the Numismatic Section of the Muse d'art et d'histoire de Genve and the Cabinet des mdailles de Lausanne.The first volume Jean Dassier Medal Geneva Paris and London 1700-1733  traces the career of Jean Dassier (1676-1763) and presents his famed series of illustrious men and women from France and England as well as the decorative works exectuted by the Fabrique de Genve .This second volume in the set Dassier and An Artistic Enterprise in Geneva Switzerland and Europe 1733-1759  presents an annotated catalogue of the remarkable historic medals made for Geneva Berne and other partner cities in Europe as well as the superb tokens depicting the history of the Roman Republic. Much of the book is also devoted to Jean Dassier's son Jacques-Antoine (1715-1759) and his work in England and at the imperial Russian court.
language: English
title: The Dassiers of Geneva, 18th-Century European Medallists Volume II: Dassier and Sons: An Artistic Enterprise in Geneva, Switzerland and Europe, 1733-1759
publisher: Musee Monetaire Cantonal